Engineering Manager, Production

A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.

OUR MISSION

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

OUR VALUES

• Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
• What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
• It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together

YOUR MISSION

As Engineering Manager, Production you will lead the Long Beach-based team of production engineers to deliver developmental units and fully qualified spacecraft on aggressive timelines. You will own the build processes, schedules, capacity planning, and the execution outcomes of production.  

You will partner closely with Program Management and Engineering to provide inputs to program schedules, align capacity with demand, ensure design for manufacturability, and drive disciplined execution against production milestones. You will be accountable for adapting production to program needs, continuously improving efficiency, automation, and process maturity to deliver the required quality at the required time.  

This role requires both strategic foresight and hands-on leadership: setting standards, driving automation, solving problems, and developing people to their full potential while ensuring every spacecraft meets mission assurance standards. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of production engineers providing distance, direction, and motivation to complete the mission, growing capacity within our most important asset: our people. 
• Manage the team and cross-team production coordination utilizing effective and efficient tools that reduce friction and fuel high-quality, high-rate output 
• Own execution of production schedules to meet program commitments. 
• Drive load capacity planning: forecast demand, balance resources, maximize efficiency, and ensure teams are properly staffed and focused. 
• Provide accurate inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), aligning production activities with program needs. 
• Own and continuously improve build processes, ensuring efficiency, repeatability, and compliance with AS9100/ISO9001 standards. 
• Drive partnership with design teams to ensure high quality design that not only meets requirements, but is maximized for the production needs of a program. 
• Champion efficiency and automation initiatives to reduce cycle time, improve first-time yield, and scale production capability. 
• Ensure facilities and workspaces are clean, organized, and optimized for safety and efficiency.  

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE 

• Production schedules executed with milestones met and product delivered at required quality. 
• Efficiency and automation efforts measurably reduce turn time and increase throughput each iteration. 
• Capacity plans that maximize utilization, minimize downtime, while preventing bottlenecks. 
• High first-time yield at quality with reduced anomalies demonstrate process maturity. 
• Team engagement and technical excellence known across the organization. 
• Build processes that are scalable, disciplined, and trusted by stakeholders. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline. 
• First-principles driven approach to engineering and problem solving backed by ability to scale analytical rigor to meet program risk levels and maturity. 
• 5+ years of experience in space production, developmental production, or high-precision production on complex systems. 
• Mastered use of production