Director of Operations
As a member of the Blue Origin family of companies, Honeybee Robotics designs and builds robotics to explore and utilize space. Founded in 1983, we received our first NASA contract in 1986. Since then, we've pushed technical boundaries to pursue bold, audacious ideas on critical missions. We're looking for technically brilliant people in engineering, software, and various support fields who take ownership of their work, enjoy collaborating in teams, and have a laser focus on the details that drive excellence.
Job Description
The Director of Operations will lead a group of highly skilled manufacturing and test resources building and testing spaceflight mechanisms and electronics systems. They will ensure the teams' performance is aligned with program schedules, company workmanship standards, and overall employee conduct.
Responsibilities
- Provide functional leadership for a team of skilled technicians, leads, and supervisors producing spaceflight hardware
- Resource planning, forecasting & talent recruitment
- Align with Design Engineering, Program Managers, and Strategic Business Unit Leaders to drive toward on-time-delivery with commitment to quality
- Production Scheduling, Theory of Constraints, Resource Allocation, and Scenario Planning
- Incorporate systems for error proofing such as: cross-training plans, program training certs, and Human Error Management
- Maintain a strong focus on human and hardware safety
- Direct preparation of work centers for production and test operations
- Develop and qualify new manufacturing and test tools, technologies, and processes
- Process Improvement Methods: Process Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Methods, Time Studies, and Waste Reduction
- Value Stream Analysis, Facility Layouts, Production Systems Design, Manufacturing Process Design, and Facilities Planning
- Aggregate, assess and report detailed status of work in progress to an executive audience
- Weekly reporting to Business Unit Director on group KPIs, countermeasures, and systemic initiatives
- Personnel performance management including conflict resolution and professional development
Required Experience, Skills and Education
- BS in Operations Research, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or related engineering degree
- 10+ years proven experience working directly with manufacturing in a low volume/high mix production environment with previous 4+ years of relevant management experience.
- Ability to comfortably work in a rapidly changing ambiguous environment
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Outstanding with Excel and manual data analysis
- Excellent Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Self-Starter
- Strong math and analytical skills to solve problems
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience in aerospace manufacturing and facilities planning
- Experience leading continuous improvement and value stream mapping events
- Experience in the following areas:
- Tight Tolerance Mechanical assembly
- Electronics, including soldering operations
- Adhesives and Coatings
- Electronics Assembly including Soldering & Harnessing with ESD controls invoked
- Acceptance & Environmental Testing
- Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
- Experience working across organizations, collaboratively, and in small teams on fast-paced projects
- Experience with Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) systems
Compensation and Benefits
- All final pay rates will be determined by the candidate's specific education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
- Pay Range: $140,000-$180,000 per year
Our Pay for Performance Philosophy
We ensure that our peoples' accomplishments are recognized and rewarded appropriately. Our compensation and benefits package reflects our commitment to competitive total rewards.
- Competitive Salaries and Bonus plan
- Vacation and Paid Time Off
- Recognition Rewards
- Medical, Dental and Vision plan options
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) Savings Plan with competitive match
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
Applicants for employment at Honeybee Robotics, LLC must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Honeybee Robotics, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.