# Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Quantum Space is redefining mobility and maneuverability in space. Our high-mobility spacecraft platforms support national security, civil, and commercial missions with unmatched flexibility and propulsion capability. We build fast and iterate quickly. Who We’re Looking For We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the manufacturing engineering effort for our Ranger spacecraft program. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of production lines that transition Ranger from a development program into a spacecraft built at rate. You will be responsible for ensuring that component fabrication, subassembly build, and final assembly, integration, and test (AIT) are performed with the highest levels of safety, quality, and rate. You will oversee equipment and tooling design, facilities and clean room planning, staffing, leadership development, and new product introduction while serving as a key partner between engineering, supply chain, and production. This position is ideal for a driven, hands-on manufacturing leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex production and operatio

- **Id**: 3903205
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/quantum-space-manager-manufacturing-engineering>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Rockville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T00:27:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T10:36:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7893
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Engineering, Space Services, Space Defense

## Company

- **Id**: 3813300
- **Name**: Quantum Space
- **Domain**: quantumspaceinc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/quantumspaceinc>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 19
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 119
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 175000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 175000

## Technologies

- **AS9100** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T01:36:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 119
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 175000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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