Job Title: Production Planner

Join a pioneering initiative as a Production Planner within an Environmental Test Lab dedicated to launching a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites. This role involves creating and optimizing systems that ensure efficient movement of flight hardware through environmental test operations, balancing aerospace traceability requirements with production efficiency and maintaining flexibility for rapid design iteration.

• Develop and maintain production schedules that optimize test equipment utilization while meeting downstream integration needs.
• Create systems to balance production and development test priorities.
• Communicate test status and estimated completion dates to leadership.
• Work with production personnel to ensure schedule and metric goals are understood.
• Monitor, track, and move parts as required through the production flow to ensure timely delivery to the next production location.
• Support management of material certifications to prevent the use of un-certified materials.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to resolve issues with dependencies before a test is delayed.
• Work cross-functionally to develop and improve production scheduling tools and WIP tracking.

• 3-4 years of experience in production planning or operations management.
• Experience with MES/ERP systems and production scheduling tools.
• Understanding of aerospace quality and traceability requirements.

• Experience with lean manufacturing and six sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge of environmental test operations.
• Experience implementing automated material tracking systems.

This position requires working the shift from 3:00pm to 11:30pm. The role demands a quick start with minimal ramp-up time, and successful candidates will execute tests following clear work instructions with defined escalation paths, directly enabling production launch targets and scaling to a five per day rate. The manager ideally seeks to convert a good fit into a permanent position, although this is not guaranteed.

This is a Contract position based out of Redmond, Washington.