Loft Orbital
Lead Manufacturing Engineer
$125K–$190K
Golden, CO · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
About the job
Leads and performs hands-on manufacturing engineering to build, troubleshoot, and scale repeatable spacecraft production processes.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain manufacturing processes, work instructions, tooling, routings, BOMs, and production documentation.
- Support spacecraft assembly and integration on the production floor; troubleshoot issues and lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to Manufacturing Engineers, improve production processes, and coordinate with engineering and operations teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline in aerospace, spacecraft, or another complex high-reliability hardware environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Demonstrated technical leadership or mentorship while remaining a hands-on individual contributor in manufacturing or production.
- Hands-on complex hardware manufacturing experience, production documentation and ERP/MRP/MES experience, and ability to work on-site in Golden, Colorado.
Nice to have
- Experience manufacturing, assembling, integrating, or testing spacecraft or other spaceflight hardware.
- Aerospace manufacturing standards or IPC workmanship certifications; Lean Six Sigma certification; tooling, scaling, ERP/MRP/MES, automation, data analysis, or Python experience.
Pay
USD 125,000–190,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
ERP/MRP/MES, EBOM, MBOM, PBOM, AS9100, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, Python
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