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Team Lead - Propulsion Manufacturing

Astranis· Operations
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San Francisco, CA$145k - $190kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Team Lead - Propulsion Manufacturing at Astranis leads the manufacturing and delivery of satellite propulsion systems, builds and manages a multi-disciplinary team, and works with design engineering to enable factory output growth and ensure quality, safety, and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Propulsion manufacturing engineers, technicians, and welders to build satellite propulsion systems, including hiring and managing direct reports.
  • Create and enforce quality standards and processes to ensure proper verification of unit-level and system-level hardware. Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause and create corrective action plans and system improvements.
  • Manage day-to-day activities of propulsion manufacturing, including creating processes for assigning and tracking work across a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Create and enforce a culture of safety and quality throughout the workplace.
  • Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration, and work closely with design engineering teams to new designs and processes to enable factory output growth targets up to 24 vehicles per year.
  • Create, maintain and communicate detailed schedules, ensuring your team and other stakeholders are aware of tasks and deadlines, including resource identification and acquisition.
  • Own both internal and external manufacturing processes, including vendor management and ROI analysis on insourcing any processes.
  • Develop new processes and tooling to support the manufacturing and assembly of new hardware designs, as well as continuous improvement of existing processes.
  • Work hands-on with flight hardware alongside your team to ensure mission success.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in a hardware manufacturing or production environment (aerospace preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability to manage a lab and/or production facilities, equipment, and operations.
  • Proven leadership through project management, mentorship, and people management experience.
  • Hands-on experience working with fluid or gas feed systems.
  • Experience with 3D CAD software, including navigating complex assemblies and designing basic fixturing.
  • Ability to use ERP/MES systems for creating procedures, tracking hardware ad builds, and enforcing quality processes.
  • Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational skills, and attention to detail.
  • Strong mechanical systems engineering intuition and critical thinking. Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives.

Skills

Required:Propulsion systems manufacturingLeadership and team managementQuality systems and root cause analysisManufacturing processes and toolingDesign for manufacturabilityERP/MES3D CAD

Benefits

  • equity
  • robust benefits including healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Astranis

Advanced satellites for high orbits.

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock, and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

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