Harness Manufacturing Team Lead

📋 Description

• End-to-End Operational Ownership: Manage safety, quality, cost, delivery, and throughput on a daily
• Strategic Roadmap Execution: Define, justify, and execute a 3-to-5-year harness manufacturing
• Process Optimization & Tooling: Standardize work, takt times, and flow for every harness
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Participate in design reviews to ensure connector selection
• Team Development & Leadership: Hire, train, certify, and mentor technicians and process
• Quality Assurance: Maintain zero harness-related defects in satellite integration, ensuring strict

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in wire harness or cable assembly manufacturing within space, aerospace
• Proven track record of managing and developing teams of 10–15 technical professionals, including
• Strong practical technical expertise in crimping, soldering, shield termination, overbraiding
• Deep practical knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards; experience with Class 3 (Space Addendum)
• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements in cycle times, product yields, manufacturing
• Applied experience with Lean manufacturing methodologies (standard work, takt, value-stream

🎁 Benefits

• Direct ownership of a critical production capability that directly impacts constellation expansion
• Streamlined cross-functional collaboration with harness design and integration teams located
• Capital backing and equipment investment for well-supported, high-return business proposals.