Director of Manufacturing

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تاريخ النشر: نُشرت قبل 21 ساعة

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ملخص الوظيفة

Orbitworks is building satellites at a pace and scale that demand world-class manufacturing leadership. As our Director of Manufacturing you will be the force that turns cutting-edge engineering into reliable repeatable and scalable production. This role sits at the heart of Orbitworks mission: taking complex high-performance satellite designs and converting them into hardware that can be assembled tested and delivered with speed and precision.

You will own the full design-to-manufacturing pipelinedriving DFX into early engineering conversations ensuring MGSE and EGSE systems are robust and ready and building the processes and teams that keep production flowing without surprises. This is a role for a practical hands-on leader who thrives in ambiguity solves real problems on real hardware and knows how to ship.

If you have led manufacturing and test teams through high-pressure builds closed the gap between engineering intent and production reality and delivered complex hardware on schedule this is where your experience becomes a strategic advantage. Join us and help shape a manufacturing organization capable of producing high-autonomy satellite systems at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Leadership & Strategy
Lead coach and develop a high-performing team covering manufacturing engineering test engineering MGSE and EGSE design implementation and maintenance.
Define the manufacturing strategy for design-to-production ensuring alignment with company objectives cost quality and schedule.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes tooling and test infrastructure.
Design-to-Manufacturing Execution
Accountable to oversee the translation of engineering requirements and product designs into actionable manufacturing execution items:
Work instructions assembly procedures and test plans
Tooling and ground support equipment (GSE) requirements
Test scripts verification and validation protocols
Ensure all manufacturing outputs accurately reflect engineering intent and functional requirements.
Provide DFX feedback to engineering teams early in the design process to optimize manufacturability testability reliability and cost.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as the primary manufacturing interface within OPS (Production Facilities Supply Chain QA) and other domains (Engineering Software and Technical Leads).
Facilitate collaboration between engineering design integration and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless handoff and execution.
Review and approve manufacturing-related deliverables including test plans GSE specifications and assembly instructions.
Ground Support Equipment & Test Systems
Oversee MGSE and EGSE development including definition design implementation and lifecycle maintenance.
Ensure test and verification systems meet engineering requirements and enable efficient production validation.
Manage resource allocation and prioritization for test and manufacturing support activities.
Operational Excellence & Risk Management
Develop and enforce manufacturing standards procedures and best practices.
Identify potential manufacturing risks and proactively mitigate issues related to design assembly or testing.
Implement KPIs to monitor manufacturing efficiency quality and compliance with engineering intent.

Experience - Must Haves

Bachelors or Masters degree in Industrial Manufacturing Mechanical Aerospace or Electrical Engineering is required. Masters degree is preferred.
10 years of experience in advanced manufacturing environments preferably aerospace satellite or high-tech electronics.
Proven experience in leading cross-functional manufacturing teams covering ME TE MGSE and EGSE.
Strong understanding of DFX design-to-manufacturing principles and test engineering.
Experience developing work instructions tooling GSE test plans and scripts based on engineering requirements.
Hands-on experience with MGSE/EGSE design implementation and maintenance.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills capable of interfacing with engineering operations and leadership teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in satellite or aerospace production environments (ideally LEO systems).
Familiarity with Agile or concurrent engineering methodologies.
Knowledge of regulatory standards and quality systems (AS9100 ISO9001).

Key Competencies

Leadership and team development
Strategic thinking and operational planning
Problem-solving and analytical skills
Process improvement and DFX guidance
Cross-functional collaboration
Hands-on technical expertise

Orbitworks mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbitals heritage Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.

Required Experience:

Director

Key Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Leadership & Strategy
Lead coach and develop a high-performing team covering manufacturing engineering test engineering MGSE and EGSE design implementation and maintenance.
Define the manufacturing strategy for design-to-production ensuring alignment with company objectives cost quality and schedule.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes tooling and test infrastructure.
Design-to-Manufacturing Execution
Accountable to oversee the translation of engineering requirements and product designs into actionable manufacturing execution items:
Work instructions assembly procedures and test plans
Tooling and ground support equipment (GSE) requirements
Test scripts verification and validation protocols
Ensure all manufacturing outputs accurately reflect engineering intent and functional requirements.
Provide DFX feedback to engineering teams early in the design process to optimize manufacturability testability reliability and cost.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as the primary manufacturing interface within OPS (Production Facilities Supply Chain QA) and other domains (Engineering Software and Technical Leads).
Facilitate collaboration between engineering design integration and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless handoff and execution.
Review and approve manufacturing-related deliverables including test plans GSE specifications and assembly instructions.
Ground Support Equipment & Test Systems
Oversee MGSE and EGSE development including definition design implementation and lifecycle maintenance.
Ensure test and verification systems meet engineering requirements and enable efficient production validation.
Manage resource allocation and prioritization for test and manufacturing support activities.
Operational Excellence & Risk Management
Develop and enforce manufacturing standards procedures and best practices.
Identify potential manufacturing risks and proactively mitigate issues related to design assembly or testing.
Implement KPIs to monitor manufacturing efficiency quality and compliance with engineering intent.

Experience - Must Haves

Bachelors or Masters degree in Industrial Manufacturing Mechanical Aerospace or Electrical Engineering is required. Masters degree is preferred.
10 years of experience in advanced manufacturing environments preferably aerospace satellite or high-tech electronics.
Proven experience in leading cross-functional manufacturing teams covering ME TE MGSE and EGSE.
Strong understanding of DFX design-to-manufacturing principles and test engineering.
Experience developing work instructions tooling GSE test plans and scripts based on engineering requirements.
Hands-on experience with MGSE/EGSE design implementation and maintenance.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills capable of interfacing with engineering operations and leadership teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in satellite or aerospace production environments (ideally LEO systems).
Familiarity with Agile or concurrent engineering methodologies.
Knowledge of regulatory standards and quality systems (AS9100 ISO9001).