Jobs at Karman Space & Defense

Leads engineering projects from concept through production by developing plans, managing schedules, budgets, resources, risks, quality, compliance, and stakeholder communication. Coordinates cross-functional engineering, operations, quality, and leadership teams; resolves technical and logistical issues; tracks milestones; and maintains project documentation. Ensures work meets aerospace, defense, regulatory, customer, safety, and quality standards.

Develop and improve manufacturing processes for composite aerospace products. Create production documentation, design tooling, support design-for-manufacturing activities, analyze root causes, resolve non-conformances, and improve production efficiency. Coordinate project activities, interface with customers, provide estimates, and collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, and program management teams to ensure production readiness and successful composite product integration.

Leads technical and cost-estimating activities for aerospace and defense proposals. Evaluates customer requirements, drawings, specifications, and bills of materials; develops manufacturing assumptions, labor and material estimates, tooling and outside-processing costs, risks, and basis-of-estimate documentation. Collaborates with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Development to validate manufacturability, capacity, pricing, and production assumptions. Maintains Excel-based cost workbooks and supports customer technical discussions.

Develop and maintain production schedules and rolling forecasts for aerospace hardware. Coordinate capacity, materials, inventory, workflow, and priorities using MRP and ERP systems. Monitor production progress, identify constraints and bottlenecks, manage job releases, and drive corrective actions. Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, and Project Management to support delivery commitments, accurate planning data, schedule recovery, and continuous process improvement.

Develops and evaluates composite aerospace products and manufacturing processes. Responsibilities include producibility reviews, tooling design, process documentation, customer collaboration, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, build documentation reviews, and proposal development. The role supports military and commercial aerospace programs and requires expertise in composite manufacturing, GD&T, blueprint reading, tooling, design-for-manufacturing, and customer technical interfaces.

Supports aerospace composite manufacturing through process planning, tooling design, fabrication documentation, process control, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions. Collaborates with engineering, operations, program management, and customers to resolve production issues and meet quality, cost, schedule, and customer requirements. Performs tooling and build-documentation reviews, develops manufacturing processes and estimates, and supports composite technology integration across product lines.

Leads manufacturing engineering across the product lifecycle, including DFMA, producibility, process qualification, workflow planning, capacity management, ERP integration, and continuous improvement. Resolves complex production and design issues, supports qualification activities, applies statistical process controls, and mentors junior engineers. The role requires hands-on fabrication and assembly experience, blueprint interpretation, GD&T proficiency, and a current or obtainable DoD Secret clearance.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs from planning through production, qualification, delivery, and contract completion. Owns cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives while coordinating engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, quality, contracts, and test teams. Manages risks, program reviews, deliverables, customer interfaces, design and readiness reviews, proposals, negotiations, and growth opportunities.

Leads enterprise-wide internal and external communications, employee engagement, executive storytelling, media relations, and corporate messaging. Develops communication programs, campaigns, leadership materials, press content, and crisis communications while maintaining consistent messaging across media, web, events, social platforms, and investor materials. Builds two-way employee communication channels, coordinates cross-functional input, measures communication effectiveness, and strengthens the company’s reputation among employees, media, customers, and other priority audiences.