Manager, Electrical Assembly

Job Title: Manager, Electrical Assembly

Location:
Simi Valley, CA (This position is 100% onsite)

Schedule: Day Shift - 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off.

Business Unit: Datron & Space Vector

About Fisica Inc.

Fisica, Inc. is a premier manufacturer of advanced defense products, specializing in the design and production of airborne and ground-based antennas, as well as cutting-edge electromagnetic systems and simulators. Headquartered in San Leandro, California, with additional operations in Simi Valley, Fisica plays a vital role as a trusted partner to leading defense primes and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Our company operates as - ATI, Randtron, Datron and Space Vector-each bringing deep expertise and innovation to the defense sector. Led by a seasoned management team, Fisica is committed to excellence in engineering, manufacturing, and mission-critical solutions that enhance national security.

At Fisica, we foster a strong, collaborative work culture that values individual contributions and empowers our employees.

Our commitment to innovation, integrity, and teamwork makes us a leader in the defense industry and an exceptional place to build a career.

Position Summary:

The Manager, Electrical Assembly is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the end-to-end management of the electronic assembly production floor. This individual will bridge the gap between high-level operational strategy and hands-on technical execution, ensuring that complex aerospace and defense products are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

The ideal candidate is a technical expert in electrical manufacturing (soldering, wire harnesses, and cabling) who possesses the leadership gravitas to motivate a cross-functional team and the strategic mindset to navigate New Product Introductions (NPI).

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Electronic Assembly Production floor, providing ongoing management, scheduling oversight, and product support to ensure successful product delivery with high quality.
• Coordinates and manages day-to-day activities of Electrical Assemblers. Work in conjunction with Planning, Procurement, and Test to ensure tasks remain on schedule.
• Plans, organizes, directs, motivates, controls, and evaluates all aspects of the manufacturing processes.
• Lead mitigation of product risks & flow inhibitors, working with operations, engineering, quality, and supply chain.
• Lead corrective actions to improve production cells uptime, efficiency, and quality.
• Coordinate with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to plan New Product Introduction (NPI) bringing new technology to production floor.
• Must understand and work from drawings and schematics, well versed with solder techniques, bonding, crimping, wire harness applications and cabling.
• Reviews and approves assemblers' timecards.
• Performs yearly employee evaluations.
• Responsible for assuring the safety of all employees, and monitoring employee adherence to all safety policies and utilization of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Establishes realistic goals and objectives, makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters, and continuously monitors progress such that program objectives are accomplished efficiently, completely, and within established time frames.
• Provides recommendations and input regarding product developmental strategies, selection of manufacturing technology/vendors, departmental policies, systems and standards, procedures, resourcing, budgets, goals, and objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum 9-years prior related experience, or Associate's degree and a minimum of 12-years prior related experience or High School diploma and a minimum of 15-years of prior related experience.
• AS9100 working knowledge required.
• Complete understanding of MIL-STD-2000, J-STD-001, IPC-A-610 or NASA-STD-8739.3.
• Competent using various chemicals such as Alcohol, Epoxies, RTV Silicones, and Conformal coating.
• Capable of leading and driving issues/actions through completion.
• Ability to strategically organize and complete projects, tasks and business…