Production Scheduler

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

The Production Scheduler manages and owns production schedules for designated areas of the factory and designated phases of production.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain detailed resource-loaded schedules for multiple factory workcenters that process flight hardware, R&D hardware, tooling, and test equipment.
• Work closely with the production leadership team to develop and execute realistic but aggressive plans, and with the engineering program management team to integrate these schedules into end-to-end programmatic schedules.
• Derive and communicate clear targets and priorities for every piece of hardware and process in the relevant production workcenters, and work with production managers to ensure appropriate allocation of resources, schedule accuracy and on-time delivery.
• Identify and report on schedule risks, their impacts, and workarounds.
• Perform quick 'what if' schedule modeling and analyses on multiple possible outcomes to help make decisions on emergent risks.
• Create, maintain, and use scheduling processes and tools to identify, analyze, and act on potential constraints on a daily/weekly basis.
• Work with software and procurement teams to implement and maintain a Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system, ensuring data accuracy.
• Constantly communicate schedule status and changes to key stakeholders across the business, in written reports, meetings/presentations, and in automated fashion using dashboards and other tools.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or similar technical discipline, or 2+ years of professional work in the aerospace industry.
• 2+ years of professional experience as a program manager, manufacturing engineer, or scheduler.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Smartsheet or MS Project scheduling software.
• Proficiency in SQL query writing, and ability to create custom dashboards in Grafana/Tableau/PowerBI/etc.
• Experienced in planning and scheduling using ERP/MRP software systems.
• Understanding of the aerospace engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of spacecraft assembly, integration, and test methods.

Benefits:

• Base pay: $100,000-$140,000 USD.
• Significant equity package via incentive stock options.
• High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement planning.
• Flexible PTO.
• Free on-site catered meals.