management
Posted 2 weeks agoDirector of Engineering, Manufacturing
United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Define make vs. buy strategy across all subsystems
- Drive capacity planning, rate readiness, and production forecasting
- Establish lean manufacturing systems across machining, avionics, harnessing, and parachutes
- Reduce cycle time, improve yield, and optimize throughput
- Implement KPIs for safety, quality, cost, and delivery
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Oversee precision CNC machining operations (5-axis capability)
- Ensure alignment between manufacturing engineering and shop floor execution
- Drive programming standards, tooling strategy, and fixture optimization
- Implement scalable harness fabrication processes with strong QA controls
- Improve repeatability and documentation for flight hardware
- Develop production and inspection standards for parachute systems
- Ensure quality and traceability for critical recovery hardware
- Build scalable soft goods manufacturing capability
- Build and lead a high-performing manufacturing organization
- Develop frontline leaders and technical experts
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and urgency
- Define capital equipment strategy and facility layout
- Support facility expansion planning
- Implement MRP/ERP and production tracking systems Required
Requirements
- experience in aerospace manufacturing, including leadership roles Proven
- Deep understanding of machining, assembly, and aerospace quality standards •
- Strong background in lean manufacturing and process optimization •
- Familiarity with aerospace regulatory and quality frameworks
- Experience in launch vehicles, spacecraft, re-entry systems, or high-reliability aerospace hardware •
- Experience standing up new manufacturing facilities
- Advanced engineering degree (Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or related field)
Experience
- Qualifications: 10+ years of
Benefits
- The California annual base salary for this role is currently $175 ,000 - $ 244,000 Pay G rades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.
- Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
Additional details
- Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth Who We Are:
- Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.
- Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain.
- We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.
- Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision.
- These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, and operating at hypersonic speeds.
- Inherently dual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications.
- Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S.
- Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.
- We are seeking a Director of Engineering, Manufacturing to own all manufacturing at Inversion.