Teams 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.