Director of Manufacturing Engineering

Production Manager

Unknown Employer

Are you excited about building the future of Canadian aviation? Do you take pride in precision workmanship and want to see your skills contribute to aircrafts that will take flight around the world? Join the team of skilled aircraft technicians, and aviation professionals supporting the DHC-515 Final Assembly Line, where your expertise will directly contribute to the production of world-class aircrafts. Profile Summary Reporting to the Director of Operations, the primary purpose of the Production Manager is the execution of daily production plan in the aircraft manufacturing and assembly operations. Directly accountable to manage, coach and lead resources to meet production plan as well as takt time, including managing priorities, employee performance and behavior. Accountable for the execution of Manufacturing Operation System (MOS) including daily floor meetings, resources management, Work order (WO) completion, ensure all employees are trained and follow safety policies, quality procedures and housekeeping (5S). The Production Manager is a key member of the management team who works closely with the Operations Director, Production Personnel and all support staff to ensure aircraft completion is achieved on time and budget. Key Responsibilities: • Execution of Manufacturing Operation System principles by assigning / setting up daily expectation by area and employees (target vs. actual) confirm expectations have been met on daily basis • Implement and maintain visual standard work in the production flow line • Measure and report on daily basis activities performed by stage (target vs. actual) • Define and set safety standards and expectations to ensure all employees follow safety policies; participate in hazard risk assessments as well as safety policies and legislation • Anticipate and react to potential production interruptions and aid in recovery to minimize production loss • Perform incident investigations within timelines specified by the safety policy • Coach / provide feedback as necessary to improve production and quality levels of all employees • Confirm that all employees follow approved documentation as per “Quality Management System (QMS)” as well as proper completion of paperwork • Lead, implement, ensure and manage time attendance policy • Engage, propose and lead implementation of “ideas / improvements” on the production shop floor • Accountable for leading and managing employee’s performance and behavior • Confirm that all employees are trained and capable to perform their duties • Perform any other related project or task as required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field • 5 + years of manufacturing management and supervisory experience • Provide leadership, direction, mentorship and on the job training to production employees, while creating a positive work environment • Previous manufacturing management experience • Lean manufacturing or project management is considered an asset • Superior planning and trouble shooting skills • Experience in facilitating meetings, training, etc.

Director Production Engineering (m/f/d)

Isar Aerospace

Mission Brief  As Director of Production Engineering, you are accountable for the end-to-end production engineering capability across all manufacturing operations. Your mission is to industrialize development outputs into repeatable, scalable, and compliant serial production, ensuring manufacturing readiness, process stability, quality, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery. You lead the team that converts early procedures into robust production standards, embeds them in PLM/MES systems, and drives continuous improvement across the factory. You act as the primary interface between Engineering (design & development) and Manufacturing (production & operations)—ensuring requirements, procedures, tooling, documentation, test strategies, and digital manufacturing infrastructure are aligned for high-rate, high-quality execution.  Your Role in Our Space Mission:  1) Production engineering strategy & leadership * Define and execute the production engineering roadmap, including industrialization strategy, standardization, and scalability for serial production. * Lead and develop a team of production/process/manufacturing engineers; set goals, coaching plans, hiring needs, and performance standards. * Establish clear governance for process ownership, engineering change implementation, and cross-functional decision-making. 2) Assembly, integration & test (AIT) process ownership * Own manufacturing process definition across: * Assembly: mechanical/electrical build procedures, torque specs, critical process parameters, work instructions. * Integration: subsystem integration strategy (e.g., avionics, propulsion, communications), sequencing, interfaces, and acceptance criteria. * Testing: functional, subsystem, and system-level test strategy; test readiness, execution plans, and troubleshooting methodology. * Ensure processes are repeatable, auditable, and optimized for safety, throughput, and quality. 3) Industrialization & manufacturing readiness (NPI / transfer to production) * Coordinate with development teams to receive initial procedures and convert them into production-ready standards (control plans, critical-to-quality characteristics where relevant). * Drive manufacturing readiness reviews, line readiness, and process qualification for new products, variants, or upgrades. * Lead the “first builds”/pilot runs, capturing learnings and stabilizing procedures for volume execution. 4) Digital manufacturing (PLM/MES) & configuration control * Own the production engineering contribution to PLM/MES: * Translate procedures into structured digital work instructions. * Ensure traceability, configuration control, and alignment of as-built data. * Oversee creation and maintenance of: * mBOM (Manufacturing Bill of Materials) * BOP (Bill of Process) * Routings, work centers, and data collection points for quality and traceability. * Ensure engineering changes are implemented cleanly and quickly, with minimal disruption to production. 5) Documentation, compliance & quality partnership * Ensure complete, consistent documentation for: * Work instructions, process specifications, test reports, NCRs (non-conformance reports), deviations/waivers, and as-built configurations. * Partner with Quality to build robust nonconformance management and corrective action systems (root cause, containment, RCCA & PA). * Ensure processes meet applicable regulatory, customer, and internal compliance requirements. 6) Cross-functional execution & production support * Serve as senior escalation point for technical blockers in production: diagnose recurring issues, direct corrective actions, and prevent reoccurrence. * Align with Supply Chain and Operations on: * Kitting strategy, material availability, critical path timelines, and constraint removal. * Coordinate engineering support coverage and readiness for shifts, rate increases, and critical campaigns. 7) Continuous improvement, cost & throughput * Support Lean Team on Lean/CI initiatives to improve: * Yield, cycle time, takt adherence, OEE, scrap/rework reduction, and labor efficiency. * Establish KPIs and operating mechanisms (tier meetings, weekly business reviews) to track and improve production engineering performance. * Build business cases for capital investments (test equipment, tooling, automation) and manage the budget for your scope. 8) Capability building: training & knowledge management * Build a strong knowledge-transfer system between engineers and technicians: * Training plans, certification matrices, standardized visual work instructions, and lessons-learned libraries. * Ensure procedures are systematically categorized, version-controlled, and easily accessible to production teams. Success measures (typical KPIs) * Improved first-pass yield, reduced NCR rate, reduced rework hours * Reduced cycle time and improved on-time delivery * Faster and cleaner engineering change implementation * Increased process stability (fewer repeat issues, fewer line stops) * Strong audit outcomes and complete traceability / as-built compliance * High team engagement, retention, and capability maturity Qualification Checklist  * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial Engineering, or similar. * Significant experience in production/manufacturing engineering, industrialization, manufacturing operations—ideally across complex electromechanical systems. * Proven leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional stakeholders. * Strong working knowledge of PLM and/or MES, and structured manufacturing artifacts such as mBOM/BOP, routings, work instructions, and configuration control. * Demonstrated ability in troubleshooting and structured problem solving (e.g., 8D, Ishikawa, 5-Why). * Solid project/program management skills: prioritization, risk management, schedule ownership. * Fluent English; German or other languages depending on site needs. Benefits  * Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program * 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge * Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period * Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day * Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket * Rental clothing with laundry service: Enjoy hassle-free workwear with our convenient rental clothing and laundry service   * Sport Clubs membership: Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass) * Individual learning allowance: Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period * Childcare allowance: Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children * And Much More! Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team.          Who we are We are Isar Aerospace and we are at the forefront of New Space building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space. Our mission is to help democratise space and use it for good in order to improve life on Earth now and for the future generations. We are a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. The company is privately funded by world-leading technology investors with strong commitment and support and our team is made of driven and talented people with a real passion for space innovation. We're making rockets in a way that hasn't been done before disrupting a traditional industry. 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Director Of Product Engineering

Graphcore

About Graphcore  At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute.We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale.As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. Job Summary     As Director of Product Engineering, you will be responsible for ensuring that Graphcore products are manufactured with optimised yield, quality and cost, throughout the product lifecycle. To support this, you will recruit and lead a team of Product Engineers to work closely with OSATs, test engineering, manufacturing and quality teams to release new products and sustain high volume production.    The Team    The role will be as part of the Product Test and Diagnosis team, which is part of the Graphcore Manufacturing Operations department and has members in Bristol, Cambridge, India, US and Taiwan. The team is responsible for definition, development, and execution of an end-to-end test strategy spanning silicon, board-level assemblies, server blades, and rack-scale systems. Testing is performed across the full product lifecycle, including manufacturing, and deployed field environments.    Responsibilities and Duties    * Recruit, develop, and manage a team of product engineers with expertise in semiconductor and PCBA manufacturing  * Drive yield, quality and cost optimisation across the product lifecycle, including chip manufacturing, test, PCBA and system level manufacturing  * Work closely with test engineering to define requirements for coverage, reporting and datalog formats from both ATE and system level electrical test   * Own analytics for SMT manufacturing processes, including SPI/AOI/AXI/ICT etc  * Own analytics for board and system level testing, including boundary scan and functional testing at board/blade/rack level  * Work with technology and manufacturing specialists to manage low yield events in production and drive overall yield improvement  * Support RMA analysis and reliability/qualification activities  * Establish best practices for data collection, cleaning, correlation, and visualization  * Collaborate with the Data Engineering and Analytics team to develop loading scripts for new data sources and optimise database schemas   * Define and develop standard analyses such as dashboards and enable fast self-service access to data for end users  * Regular travel to OSATs and manufacturing partners will be required      Candidate Profile    Essential:    * Extensive experience (10+ years) in semiconductor product engineering, test engineering, or manufacturing engineering  * Proven people leadership experience, including cross-geography hiring and team building    * Solid experience in high-volume semiconductor/electronics manufacturing, data visualization tools, and manufacturing systems/databases (MES)  * Extensive understanding of semiconductor, PCBA and system level manufacturing and testing  * Extensive expertise in statistical analysis (SPC, DOE, regression, hypothesis testing) and six sigma methodologies  * Extensive expertise in analysing and visualising large manufacturing datasets  * Proficiency in data tools such as Python, SQL, JMP, or similar.  * Demonstrated success driving yield and cost improvements in high-volume production  * Comfortable leading cross-functional teams and communicating clearly and concisely across the organisation  * Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or similar    Desirable:  * Extensive experience and expertise in JMP and in using the JMP scripting language to build standard analysis reports, dashboards and applications  * Experience in using data visualisation tools such as Apache Superset  Benefits In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.