Job opportunity
Senior Manufacturing Systems Architect
Parallax Space, Inc.
Architect production systems for Parallax Space in Redondo Beach, California or Denver, Colorado, using factory design and rate planning expertise. This full-time role includes 20% travel.
As Parallax Space’s most senior manufacturing technical role, you will shape how space vehicles and components reach high-rate production. The work spans production strategy, factory architecture, capacity modeling, automation, and digital manufacturing systems. You will guide industrialization from prototypes through recurring production.
Key Responsibilities:
Architect large-scale space vehicle manufacturing strategy and production roadmaps
Model capacity, takt, cycle time, staffing, WIP, and unit cost
Design factory layouts, material flow, kitting, integration, and testing
Define automation, tooling, MES, ERP/MRP, PLM, and traceability architectures
Review production architectures and mentor manufacturing and production engineers
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical field
15+ years in complex hardware manufacturing, industrial, or production engineering
Launched a large-scale production system through stable rate production
Expertise in factory layout, line balancing, takt, and ramp planning
Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance and meet ITAR/EAR requirements
Bring production architecture, capital discipline, and technical authority to scale Parallax Space vehicle manufacturing across future programs.
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Apply on source site As Parallax Space’s most senior manufacturing technical role, you will shape how space vehicles and components reach high-rate production. The work spans production strategy, factory architecture, capacity modeling, automation, and digital manufacturing systems. You will guide industrialization from prototypes through recurring production.
Key Responsibilities:
Architect large-scale space vehicle manufacturing strategy and production roadmaps
Model capacity, takt, cycle time, staffing, WIP, and unit cost
Design factory layouts, material flow, kitting, integration, and testing
Define automation, tooling, MES, ERP/MRP, PLM, and traceability architectures
Review production architectures and mentor manufacturing and production engineers
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical field
15+ years in complex hardware manufacturing, industrial, or production engineering
Launched a large-scale production system through stable rate production
Expertise in factory layout, line balancing, takt, and ramp planning
Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance and meet ITAR/EAR requirements
Bring production architecture, capital discipline, and technical authority to scale Parallax Space vehicle manufacturing across future programs.
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