Sr Supervisor, Production (R6040)

What you'll do:

• Lead technicians performing avionics and electrical assembly, installation, integration, functional testing, troubleshooting, rework, inspection support, and production or flight‑readiness activities.
• Oversee work assignment, workload prioritization, coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, cross‑training, policy enforcement, and development of daily and weekly operating plans.
• Maintain control of manufacturing and integration environments, ensuring strict adherence to safety, workmanship standards, ESD/FOD prevention, calibration, tool control, serialized hardware traceability, nonconformance processes, quality requirements, and configuration‑management compliance.
• Demonstrate proficiency with electrical and avionics test equipment and guide disciplined troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis across electrical, electronic, wiring, sensor, power, and data‑interface systems.
• Read, interpret, and apply harness and PCBA schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, interface‑control documents, bills of material, work instructions, travelers, test procedures, and other configuration‑controlled documentation.
• Use production and test data—including yield, defects, failures, rework, labor utilization, WIP, material availability, schedule performance, and training coverage—to identify risks, make sound operational decisions, drive continuous improvement, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Lead production-readiness execution for prototype, developmental, pre-production, and first-article VBAT hardware/software from engineering release through flight-ready delivery.
• Develop and manage prototype and pre-production build schedules, production-floor cut-ins, readiness milestones, risks, dependencies, and recovery plans.
• Support first-article and pilot builds, capture technician feedback and build lessons learned, and drive updates to documentation, tooling, processes, and training before broader production release.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Production Planning to ensure production‑readiness by confirming materials, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, and technician capacity, closing readiness gaps, and ensuring all work instructions, BOMs, test procedures, inspection criteria, and configuration requirements are complete and executable by production technicians.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Engineering, Technology, Analytics); equivalent technical experience in avionics or aerospace production will be considered. 
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience leading technicians or teams in aerospace, defense, UAS, or other advanced manufacturing settings.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment with evolving priorities.  
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.  
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a security clearance 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading avionics or electrical assembly and integration teams within aerospace, defense, UAS, or other complex hardware manufacturing environments.
• Proven expertise with electrical and avionics troubleshooting, system‑level diagnostics, and root‑cause analysis across wiring, electronics, sensors, power systems, and data‑interface architectures.
• Strong proficiency reading and interpreting engineering schematics, wiring diagrams, ICDs, bills of material, work instructions, and other configuration‑controlled documentation.
• Demonstrated success building technician capabilities, establishing production processes, and supporting early prototype through pre‑production and first‑article manufacturing.