Director of Production

You will build and run a scalable aircraft production system, including the factory, processes, staffing, and operating cadence. You will lead production, manufacturing engineering, and quality; own budget and headcount planning; improve throughput, yield, cost, and schedule; build supply-chain capacity; and ensure ITAR, safety, and quality compliance.

Responsibilities

• Take aircraft from low-rate builds to repeatable, scalable production
• Establish manufacturing systems that run under real conditions
• Build, staff, and lead production, manufacturing engineering, and quality
• Own headcount planning and budget for production
• Work with engineering to close the gap between design and build
• Drive daily execution on the production floor
• Own throughput, yield, cost, and schedule
• Build supply chain capacity for production targets
• Reduce BOM cost without compromising reliability
• Establish a production cadence that increases speed while maintaining control
• Ensure ITAR, safety, and quality compliance
• Represent production in leadership, board, customer, and investor conversations

Requirements

• Experience leading a production ramp for a complex hardware system
• Experience building and leading production organizations and developing managers
• Experience owning functional headcount and budget
• Experience building daily-use manufacturing processes
• Accountability for throughput, yield, cost, and delivery
• Experience aligning engineering, supply chain, and operations
• U.S. citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or eligibility under applicable export control regulations

Benefits

• Stock options
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401k
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Austin