Heartaerospace
IT Manager
Los Angeles, CA. Posted 24 days ago
The role
The IT Manager will build and maintain IT infrastructure for the engineering team. You will own engineering IT systems and corporate infrastructure, including the corporate network and enterprise IT systems.
What you will do
- Own the IT roadmap and operating model
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Finance to translate needs into requirements
- Design and operate enterprise IT systems including IAM, document storage, and conferencing systems
- Build and maintain a mixed-device environment across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Own network and remote access architecture for office, lab and hangar environments
- Own SaaS and vendor lifecycle management
- Establish documentation and self-service resources
- Plan for scale and define hiring needs for internal IT Systems Administrator
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive IT experience including ownership of core infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with Windows and macOS administration and lifecycle management
- Practical experience supporting Linux users and workflows
- Experience implementing and administering identity systems (SSO, MFA) and access controls
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals (VLANs/segmentation, firewalls, VPN/secure remote access, Wi-Fi) in an office/lab setting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Passion for aircraft and Heart’s mission
Nice to have
- Experience with Microsoft 365
- Experience with public cloud systems (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP)
- Exposure to hosting commercial or in house developed engineering applications
- Experience managing vendors
- Experience in early-stage or high-growth environments where speed, pragmatism, and strong judgment matter
- Experience with SOC 2 or ISO 27001
About the company
Heart Aerospace develops the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric airplane with a capacity of 30 passengers.