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Production Manager, Avionics Manufacturing

Relativity Space · Long Beach, CA

Level
Manager
Team
Production
Degree
Required
Experience asked
6+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at Relativity Space (aerospace & defense) in Long Beach, CA. You will play a crucial role in developing and guiding the Production team while defining key projects, goals, and initiatives.

They ask for
6+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Lean, AS9100

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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.

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How this role compares

Against 110 other live production postings in California.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $120k–$174k, from 31 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (6+ vs 5+)

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%

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Stands out: this posting asks for AS9100, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 6+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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About the Role

As a Manager of Avionics Production, you will play a crucial role in developing and guiding the Production team while defining key projects, goals, and initiatives. Your expertise in lean manufacturing will be essential in identifying production gaps and inefficiencies, advocating for the implementation of tools, systems, and processes that enhance overall performance. You will be responsible for driving continuous improvement across the production floor, ensuring that the team meets high standards of quality and efficiency. Your leadership will be vital in optimizing manufacturing workflows, reducing waste, mentoring the growing engineering team, and achieving operational excellence.

Nice to haves but not required

  • ✓Understanding of AS9100 processes and quality management systems
  • ✓Experience with electronics supply chain management
  • ✓Familiarity with quality process controls for PCBAs, wire harnesses, and electromechanical assemblies
  • ✓Familiarity with environmental testing of avionics hardware per standards such as SMC-S-016, DO-160, or similar

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

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At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team

The Avionics team is responsible for all aspects of the electrical design on the rocket, from electronics, interconnects, associated mechanical design, testing and initial production. This team's scope includes the flight computers, power systems, RF systems, PCB design, autonomous flight safety systems, and telemetry. This team works on complex electrical systems that require modularity and flexibility, and are critical to the successful launch of Terran R, and beyond!

About You

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field
  • •6+ years of experience in a leadership or management role
  • •Strong understanding of manufacturing of avionics systems, including PCBA manufacturing; harness fabrication; and electronics box assemblies
  • •Background in lean manufacturing principles; process optimization; and quality management systems
  • •Prior experience with scaling low-volume or pilot production lines to high volume
  • •Strong communication skills, capable of working cross-functionally with design, production, and executive teams

Hiring Range

$130,000 — $194,000 USD

Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.

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