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Varda Space Industries · 21 hours ago

Build Supervisor

El Segundo, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $152K/yr

Varda is a company focused on developing commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing. The Build Team Supervisor will oversee daily operations of the build team, ensuring production milestones are met while maintaining quality standards and facilitating communication across departments.

AerospaceManufacturingProduct Design

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead team of technicians

Timely build, assembly, repair, and test of components, subassemblies, and vehicles in a cleanroom environment to hit production targets

Create, maintain, and execute production plans

Supervise daily schedules and workloads

Assess and hire skill sets needed

Create and execute training programs

Proactively coordinate with engineering and supply chain to prevent schedule delays

Review work instructions to make change recommendations when required and identify tooling/training gaps

Identify and resolve repeated non-conformance issues

Gather and provide required data for build metrics

Own and improve production environment

Oversee day-to-day build activities. Take manifest schedule drivers and distribute the relevant tasks to the floor staff on a daily basis to meet those

Provide status updates, risks, and timelines. Roll build progress updates up weekly to senior management

Monitor progress and remove blockers to daily progress

Monitor and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Production build staff (Utilization, Quality, Efficiency, etc…)

Actively monitor and influence team morale

Performance Management of Technicians

Qualification

Production PlanningQuality AssuranceTeam LeadershipProcess ImprovementPerformance ManagementCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Managing technician work force driving toward manifest defined production milestones

Oversees the day-to-day operations of the build team

Ensures that all build activities are completed accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with manifest need dates

Provides hands-on leadership

Assigns and monitors work

Enforces quality standards

Acts as the primary communication link between the build team and cross-functional partners such as Engineering, QA, Product Management, and Operations

Drives process consistency

Resolves blockers

Maintains clear documentation

Supports the development and performance of team members

Ensures that builds are delivered on time, to specification, and ready for downstream testing and deployment

Lead team of technicians

Timely build, assembly, repair, and test of components, subassemblies, and vehicles in a cleanroom environment to hit production targets

Create, maintain, and execute production plans

Supervise daily schedules and workloads

Assess and hire skill sets needed

Create and execute training programs

Proactively coordinate with engineering and supply chain to prevent schedule delays

Review work instructions to make change recommendations when required and identify tooling/training gaps

Identify and resolve repeated non-conformance issues

Gather and provide required data for build metrics

Own and improve production environment

Oversee day-to-day build activities

Take manifest schedule drivers and distribute the relevant tasks to the floor staff on a daily basis to meet those

Provide status updates, risks, and timelines

Roll build progress updates up weekly to senior management

Monitor progress and remove blockers to daily progress

Monitor and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Production build staff (Utilization, Quality, Efficiency, etc…)

Actively monitor and influence team morale

Performance Management of Technicians

Must be a U.S. person as defined by U.S. export regulations

Benefits

Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)

401(k) matching (interns excluded)

Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)

Health insurance, including Vision and Dental

Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.

Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)

Company

Varda Space Industries

Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.

Founded in 2021