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Firefly Aerospace · 3 months ago

Electronic Components Operations Manager

Briggs, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Firefly Aerospace is an end-to-end responsive space company focused on enabling world-class space operations. They are seeking an Electronic Components Operations Manager to oversee the manufacture and testing of flight harnesses, avionics, and batteries, ensuring quality production and safety practices.

AerospaceAir TransportationSatellite Communication

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead Avionics production team to deliver quality products on time and on cost

Manage employee schedules to support critical operations, production, and company goals

Enforce safety guidelines and make improvements to shop safety practices

Ensure employees have the resources and support needed to be successful, including identifying the need for and providing training, tools and materials

Ensure that all operations are being done to the proper documentation and specifications as called out by detailed work instructions

Manage PTO and timecards

Maintain daily production schedule and disseminate it to the team as well as highlighting and raising issues to leadership

Implement continuous improvements to the floor

Develop long term project and capacity planning

Support of 1st and 2nd shift as needed

Identify and rectify bottlenecks and/or shortages

Partner with the planning team to align on production capacity and weekly production plans to ensure commitments are feasible and meet program needs

Partner with manufacturing engineering and quality to provide feedback and ensure support from these teams addresses gaps impacting the production process, and solutions are implemented to improve production efficiency

Develop KPIs and deliverables to measure, analyze, and report out production progress

Establish clear direction and processes to meet production goals including defining production needs and growth, mapping out labor and cost plans to drive budgets for annual operating plans

Qualification

Electronics assemblyLean manufacturingERP knowledgeChange managementProduction metricsSupervisory experienceAerospace experienceCompeting priorities managementComponent troubleshootingReport generationCross-functional collaboration