Production Manager
General Matter · Los Angeles, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at General Matter (industrial) in Los Angeles, CA. Partner with engineering and leadership on the design and build-out of the new manufacturing facility, including floor layout, equipment specification, and utility/infrastructure planning.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, 5S, CNC, Machining, Capacity planning, Tooling
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $122k–$177k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 111 production engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 110 other live production postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Typical $120k–$174k, from 31 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- New product launch 37%
- ✓ Lean 30%
- Root cause 27%
- Automation 24%
- Python 22%
- Team leadership 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, CNC, Machining, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at General Matter
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: General Matter in Los Angeles
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Full description from General MatterAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Partner with engineering and leadership on the design and build-out of the new manufacturing facility, including floor layout, equipment specification, and utility/infrastructure planning.
- ◆Own daily production execution once the facility is live — schedule attainment, machinist and operator deployment, CNC program readiness, output, and first-pass quality.
- ◆Lead CNC machining and lathe operations at scale — machine capacity planning, tooling strategy, and cycle-time optimization.
- ◆Deploy and cross-train a growing machinist and operator team across fabrication and machining functions.
- ◆Establish and enforce quality systems, first-pass yield tracking, and 5S/lean discipline at every workstation.
- ◆Evaluate and manage relationships with equipment vendors and suppliers, from capital equipment procurement through installation and commissioning.
- ◆Surface production, equipment, and material issues early, and report schedule, output, and risk to the Plant Manager and leadership.
Basic
Qualifications
- ✓Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc).
- ✓Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
- ✓Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information.
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience.
- ✓7+ years leading production operations in a CNC machining and/or lathe-focused manufacturing environment, including direct oversight of machinists and operators.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- ✓Experience in a fast-paced engineering or highly technical environment, with a resourceful approach to delivering under tight timelines or budget constraints.
- ✓Direct experience standing up or scaling a greenfield manufacturing facility.
- ✓Multi-axis CNC lathe programming and operations experience (live tooling, Swiss-style a plus).
- ✓Familiarity with MES, ERP, QMS, or CMMS systems for production and quality tracking.
- ✓Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing / Toyota Production System principles.
- ✓Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (aerospace, defense, or nuclear) is a plus.
Additional
Requirements
- ✓Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
qualifications
and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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About the Company
General Matter is enriching uranium in America.
Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States.
Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors.
Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society.
We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.
We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.
Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.
About This Role
We're building a new manufacturing facility and looking for a Production Manager to help design and stand it up from the ground up — then run it. This is a rare opportunity to shape a facility's layout, equipment, and systems before it exists, then own daily production execution once it's live, with CNC machining and lathe work as the core of the operation. You'll deploy and grow a machinist and operator team, build the quality and scheduling systems that keep output and first-pass yield on target, and be the person the Plant Manager and leadership count on to get parts out the door. If you want to build a facility instead of just running one, this is that role.