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Leads aerospace and defense programs from planning and development through qualification, production, and delivery. Manages cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives while coordinating engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, finance, contracts, and testing teams. Oversees risks, program plans, deliverables, reviews, customer communications, proposals, contract changes, and production readiness for missile, propulsion, launch, payload, and related defense hardware.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs from planning through production, qualification, delivery, and contract completion. Owns cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives while coordinating engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, quality, contracts, and test teams. Manages risks, program reviews, deliverables, customer interfaces, design and readiness reviews, proposals, negotiations, and growth opportunities.

Leads enterprise-wide internal and external communications, employee engagement, executive storytelling, media relations, and corporate messaging. Develops communication programs, campaigns, leadership materials, press content, and crisis communications while maintaining consistent messaging across media, web, events, social platforms, and investor materials. Builds two-way employee communication channels, coordinates cross-functional input, measures communication effectiveness, and strengthens the company’s reputation among employees, media, customers, and other priority audiences.

Supports aerospace and defense engineering teams with system planning, architecture development, requirements decomposition, verification, testing, technical documentation, and interface control documentation for mechanical and integrated defense systems.

Leads mechanical hardware development and testing for aerospace and defense systems, including prototype builds, environmental and flight testing, test planning, fixture design, instrumentation, data acquisition, analysis, and reporting. Provides technical direction to junior engineers, troubleshoots mechanical assembly issues, supports verification and qualification testing, and contributes estimates for prototype and test activities.

Administers government and commercial contracts from award through closeout, reviewing terms, modifications, funding, deliverables, compliance requirements, and risks. Coordinates with customers, prime contractors, procurement, business development, operations, and internal teams. Maintains contract documentation, requirement matrices, and flow-downs while supporting negotiations, proposals, and timely contract actions. Requires knowledge of FAR, DFARS, contracting principles, Microsoft Office, and ERP or contract management systems.

Leads aerospace mechanical design from concept through qualification, including structures, mechanisms, analyses, tolerance stack-ups, CAD models, drawings, bills of materials, prototyping, testing, and delivery. Verifies engineering work, supports proposals and customer presentations, manages multiple programs, and mentors junior engineers. Requires aerospace or defense hardware design experience, SolidWorks and GD&T proficiency, and knowledge of engineering materials, specifications, and qualification testing.

Maintains accounting records, prepares journal entries, performs bank, petty cash, credit card, and general ledger reconciliations, and supports accounts payable and month-end close activities. The role investigates variances, assists with cost analysis and percentage-of-completion validation, verifies contract values for ASC 606 revenue recognition, and updates ERP records. It also supports SOX compliance, reporting, and cross-functional coordination with Contracts and Finance teams.

Supports the transition of aerospace and defense designs into production by developing manufacturing processes, bills of materials, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, inspection gauges, and build documentation. Works with engineering, technicians, suppliers, and production teams on fabrication, assembly, material flow, prototype builds, quality control, and process improvement. Uses Epicor ERP for manufacturing data and supports production planning and supplier coordination.

Leads full-cycle recruiting for complex, high-priority Space and Launch roles. Develops sourcing strategies, builds specialized talent pipelines, advises hiring managers on labor markets and compensation, evaluates candidates, manages stakeholder communications, supports offers, analyzes recruiting metrics, mentors recruiters, and improves talent acquisition processes. Recruiting may span aerospace, defense, engineering, manufacturing, technician, skilled labor, and corporate positions.