Production Manager, Blades and Vanes Foundry

The role

You will lead and scale teams responsible for operating an industrial gas turbine blades and vanes foundry. This includes managing core manufacturing, casting, machining, coating, and final inspection in a single production line.

What you will do

• Hire, lead, and mentor a team of supervisors, specialists, technicians and machinists
• Support factory activation, new product introductions, line expansions, and facility upgrades
• Ensure a strong focus is placed on safety and maintain an excellent safety record
• Create and enforce training and career development paths
• Define and enforce operational standards with strict accountability
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes, procedures, quality, and rate
• Collaborate with development, test, quality, and leadership to align long-term goals
• Challenge requirements and legacy assumptions to establish a streamlined manufacturing environment
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and SpaceX safety protocols
• Own sustained CapEx, headcount, and capacity planning for foundry operations

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM discipline; OR 5+ years of professional leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5+ years of production operations or process development experience
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership position
• Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed
• Standing for long periods of time, climbing up and down ladders, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, and stretching may be required
• Willingness to travel to other SpaceX sites and/or domestic and international vendors (~10% normally; more during initial activation and commissioning)
• Must be able to lift up to 25lbs. unassisted

Nice to have

• Experience in investment casting / IGT blades and vanes (or similar high-temperature superalloy foundry operations)
• Experience leading New Product Introduction to volume production
• Experience with the equipment and ancillary support systems used across a full foundry value stream
• Experience with equipment qualification, validation, and troubleshooting in a production foundry or controlled manufacturing environment
• Advanced degree in engineering or technical discipline
• Experience building out a multidisciplinary production organization
• Experience leading multi-level production operations teams with 50+ members
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in implementing/sustaining quality management systems (e.g. ISO9001, AS9100)

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company was founded on the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting.