Senior Production Systems & Manufacturing Engineer

Parallax Space is building critical mission infrastructure to enable rapid, reliable, and scalable access to space. We partner with commercial, civil, and national security customers to deliver high-performance satellite components, integrated payload systems, and mission capabilities that close critical gaps in modern space architecture.

Our model combines advanced engineering, mission execution, and scalable manufacturing to deliver high-TRL products and flight-ready systems at speed.

We are building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of space systems.

Location

Reports To

VP Manufacturing & Supply Chain / COO

Full-Time

Manufacturing & Operations

20%

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Parallax Space is seeking a Senior Production Systems & Manufacturing Engineer to architect how Parallax builds space vehicles (SVs) s person will own the long-range manufacturing strategy, production plans, and factory architecture and layout that take Parallax from low-rate builds to large-scale, high-rate SV and component production.

This is our most senior manufacturing technical role. The candidate is the company’s subject-matter expert on production system design: how a factory should be laid out, how product and material should flow, what rate the system must hit and when, and what capital, automation, and digital infrastructure it takes to get there.

We do not require space experience. We want someone who has designed and launched large-scale production systems in any demanding industry, such as automotive and EV, batteries, aircraft, defense, semiconductors, electronics, or medical devices, and who can bring that experience to spacecraft. Space-specific requirements like clean rooms, ESD, contamination control, and environmental testing can be learned with our team; the hard part is knowing how to architect a factory that works at rate.

• Architect Parallax’s large-scale SV manufacturing strategy, linking product roadmap and customer demand to production rate, capacity, and capital plans.
• Define the multi-year production roadmap: rate targets, ramp phases, readiness gates, and the investments each phase requires.
• Build capacity, takt, cycle time, staffing, WIP, and cost-per-unit models that leadership uses to make build, buy, and invest decisions.
• Set vertical integration and make/buy strategy for key assemblies and components with engineering and supply chain.

Develop the business case for major manufacturing investments, including Cap Ex, ROI, and risk.

• Architect the factory: production flow, line or cell structure, station layout, material and kitting flow, and the integration and test flow through to shipment.
• Lead greenfield or brownfield facility planning, including site selection inputs, footprint, utilities, cleanroom and ESD zones, and expansion paths.
• Use factory simulation and 3D layout tools to validate flow, bottlenecks, and capacity before capital is committed.
• Partner with facilities, architects, and contractors from concept through construction, equipment install, and commissioning.
• Define a standard, replicable factory model that can be copied across product lines and future sites.

• Set the automation strategy, deciding where automation, robotics, and advanced tooling pay off at Parallax rates and where manual flexibility is better.
• Define the digital factory architecture: MES, ERP/MRP, PLM, digital work instructions, traceability, and real-time production data.
• Lead the approach to integrating environmental and functional test into the production…