Lead Production Technician

ANPC is a global supplier of precision approach guidance and area surveillance solutions aimed at improving the safety and capacity of civil and military aviation for customers on all seven continents. Our transponder-based solutions are designed to serve airfields where others cannot. We are a team of extraordinary professionals working together to perform an important mission to uniquely serve airports with terrain, obstacles and other challenges that no other business can provide.

As the Lead Production Technician, you will serve as the primary floor contact to support other technicians, ensure workflow efficiency, and collaborate closely with the Production Operations Manager.

In this role, you will guide the production team in assembling and testing various elements of ANPC’s Transponder Landing System (TLS). In this hands‑on leadership role, you will perform complex mechanical assemblies, sub‑system work, and complete systems integration. You will oversee component testing (both bench and environmental chambers), component‑level troubleshooting, and performance documentation.

Production Operations Manager

• Direct daily floor operations by assigning work, monitoring task completion, and managing bottlenecks to ensure the team meets production schedules.
• Act as the technical point of contact for the production floor; provide hands‑on guidance, training, and troubleshooting assistance to junior technicians.
• Serve as the primary bridge between the production floor and the Production Operations Manager, providing regular status updates on throughput, quality issues, and material shortages.
• Perform mechanical assembly work using a variety of hand tools (wrenches, drivers, sockets, etc.).
• Test electrical and mechanical assemblies using a variety of test equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair digital and analog circuits, including hand soldering of parts.
• Write and edit test and assembly procedures.
• Conduct quality control inspections of incoming materials and assembled parts.
• Repair assembly errors noted by quality control personnel, or on parts returned from customers.
• Travel to customer sites for the installation / integration of TLS or TTLS systems.
• Perform full range of maintenance on company products, including on-site troubleshooting, installation, removal, retrofit, and/or preventive maintenance.

• Associate degree in electronics, two years of college education in an engineering discipline, or related field, or equivalent military technical school training. Relevant, extensive job experience may be substituted for formal education.
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience (aerospace or aviation industry preferred), with demonstrated experience informally leading, mentoring or coordinating peer technicians.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating daily production workflows, assigning tasks, and ensuring a team of technicians meets scheduled output and quality targets.
• Experience training, mentoring, and onboarding technicians on complex mechanical assemblies, precision soldering, and test procedures.
• Proven ability to act as the primary communication link between floor technicians and the Production Operations Manager, effectively reporting status, resolving bottlenecks, and escalating floor issues.
• Proficient with PCBA soldering, including Surface Mount Technology (SMT).
• Proficient with standard test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.) and conducting detailed quality inspections on mechanical assemblies.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts (proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume) and apply basic algebraic concepts.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft software.
• Experience using Sage 100/MAS 100 or an equivalent manufacturing ERP system (such as Net Suite, Epicor, JobBOSS, SAP or Syspro) to track inventory, manage work orders, and log production data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to read, interpret, and author technical documents (drawings, schematics, work orders, contracts) and interface positively with management,…