Head of Production, Maritime

Highlights

• Stand up a cutting-edge manufacturing site for Maritime vehicles in Santa Ana.
• Scale deployable surface, undersea and sea-to-air vehicles to full-rate production.
• Own all production for AI-powered Lattice OS family of defense systems.

Ideal candidate

A builder—not a caretaker—who thrives leading large-scale manufacturing organizations and scaling complex hardware from prototype to full-rate production with urgency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or production for complex electromechanical systems
• Minimum 5+ years of experience building and leading production teams and organizations
• Experience managing production budgets in the $10M+ range
• Demonstrated experience scaling production from NPI through full-rate production
• Experience in heavy fabrication and integration of large, complex assemblies across metals, alloys and exotic materials
• Experience leading an organization of hundreds at comparable manufacturing scale
• Ability to travel over 75% to manufacturing facilities and customer sites