Factory Operations Manager

The role

The Factory Operations Manager owns day-to-day execution of production operations within the factory. This role leads the factory supervisory team to deliver production commitments across assembly, integration, test, and material flow.

What you will do

• Own daily factory execution against the production schedule, output, quality, and delivery commitments.
• Drive daily production cadence including shift and start-of-day meetings.
• Lead and develop Factory Supervisors.
• Coordinate technician staffing, shift coverage, work assignments, and overtime.
• Partner with Production Control to translate the master production schedule into floor priorities.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Production Engineering to ensure approved processes are executed.
• Partner with Quality to maintain workmanship standards and production record completeness.
• Ensure production areas maintain safety, organization, material control, tooling, and 5S standards.
• Identify labor, equipment, material, process, or infrastructure constraints.
• Establish and track factory operating metrics including throughput, schedule attainment, and quality/yield.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing or production operations
• 3+ years leading frontline production teams or supervisors
• Experience operating in aerospace, defense, electronics, automotive, industrial equipment, or another complex hardware manufacturing environment
• Experience managing production across assembly, integration, test, or similarly complex manufacturing operations
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, WIP management, capacity planning, labor planning, and constraint management
• Experience using ERP/MRP and manufacturing execution systems
• Working knowledge of quality systems, configuration control, nonconformance processes, and production documentation
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and incomplete information
• Strong floor presence and willingness to spend significant time directly with production teams
• Demonstrated ability to hold teams accountable while developing strong frontline leaders
• U.S. Citizenship (if required for program access)

Nice to have

• Experience scaling production from prototype or low-rate production into repeatable higher-volume manufacturing
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience
• Experience with IA9100/ISO 9001-aligned production environments
• Experience with electromechanical assembly, electronics integration, system-level test, or RF hardware
• Experience standing up new production lines, shifts, or manufacturing facilities

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while you're working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance
• annual bonuses (coming soon)

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship (if required for program access)

About the company

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and redefines modern defense with a multi-product portfolio.