Production Control Lead-Assistant

Overview

Position:
Production Control Lead-Assistant Staff

Date: Feb 3, 2026

Lexington, MA, US

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Group 72 - Fabrication Engineering

The Fabrication Engineering Group provides rapid fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of advanced hardware prototypes for national security applications. The group focuses on high-complexity parts, quick-turn capabilities and activities that require concurrent engineering with program teams. Core mechanical competencies include precision fabrication, additive manufacturing, and 5-axis machining. Core PCB capabilities include automated solder paste dispensing, precise pick-n-place machines, and automated optical inspection systems.

Assembly, integration, and test capabilities include clean rooms, vibration testing, thermal testing, and space simulation chambers.

The Group seeks a talented, creative, and motivated individual to strengthen the Group s ability to provide rapid and innovative solutions to challenging fabrication problems. The successful candidate will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including program team members, shop area leads, and the production control team to optimize and effectively execute shop operations. MIT LL develops prototype systems rather than high volume production.

The role of the production control lead will focus on effective execution in a job shop environment. The ideal candidate will partner with the program engineering team to continuously improve fabrication schedule alignment to program needs, optimize utilization of resources, and ensure a smooth transition from planning to fabrication of prototype systems. He/she will partner closely with the production control manager to improve fabrication / procurement effectiveness including supply chain management.

Specific job functions may include:

• Coordinate with multi-faceted cross-functional team and program contacts to align execution plan to program and technical needs
• Support program management considering cost, schedule, performance, scope and risk
• Develop program fabrication plans involving advanced procurement, production planning, and development of prototype systems that demonstrate advanced technology
• Utilize planning tools to provide capacity analysis, cost, and schedule estimates to group and programs
• Partner with the production control team manager to continuously improve operations with focus on quality, cost and schedule
• Optimize fabrication / procurement processes including supply chain management
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and manage projects related to fabrication, procurement, and project planning
• Develop and document best practices for fabrication / procurement processes
• Determine and maintain efficient execution of priority / production shop meetings
• Help improve quality and on-time delivery through key performance indices
• Identify high priority parts, resolve resource conflicts, and drive issues to closure
• Work with the team to standardize and communicate overall quality status and help analyze demand forecast information based on input from program teams

• Bachelor s degree in operations management, supply chain management or equivalent technical degree, or Bachelor s degree with 5 years of relevant experience
• Proven leadership skills and ability to thrive in a team environment
• Recognized self-motivator that seeks to continuously learn and challenge themselves
• Ability to multi-task and drive issues to closure
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Experience utilizing digital engineering methodologies and data systems
• Experience with fabrication operations and supply chain management
• Experience with lean operation practices

Recent Hire Range: $100,200 - $120,000

Experienced Hire Range: $100,200 - $150,000

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered will depend on various factors including scope and responsibilities of the role, candidate experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory offers a range of benefits including health, dental, and vision plans; pension; 401K matching; paid leave; tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs; mentorship programs; and work-life balance options.

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an…