Sr. Production Planner

Sr. Production Planner

Irvine, CA

Join a team where your impact reaches beyond the stars! At Terran Orbital, you're not just part of the system – you're a vital force propelling our mission forward. As trailblazers in satellite manufacturing and aerospace innovation, we shatter boundaries daily to deliver groundbreaking solutions that power our nation's defense and commercial missions. We are a unique, fast growing, and trusted team dedicated to swiftly and efficiently designing, building, launching, and operating state of the art satellites for advanced mission constellations. If you're driven by purpose, inspired by challenges, and ready to leave your mark on the universe, you'll find a home and endless opportunities for growth here. Together, let's redefine what is possible in orbit and beyond!

Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Sr. Production Planner to join our growing team. Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Sr. Production Planner will play a critical part in driving the successful execution of complex production schedules by aligning cross-functional teams, resources, and priorities. Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Sr. Production Planner partners closely with engineering, operations, supply chain, and program stakeholders to maintain schedule accuracy, track progress, and deliver clear performance insights that keep our spacecraft programs moving forward.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end production planning and material readiness to ensure assemblies, sub-assemblies and components are available to support build schedule.
• Coordinate closely with supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to ensure availability aligns with production requirements and program milestones.
• Manage production priorities and schedule alignment across multiple parallel programs.
• Monitor schedule adherence and ensure assemblies and integration milestones are delivered on time.
• Identify material shortages, supply chain risks, and schedule conflicts early and lead cross-functional recovery plan to maintain production flow.
• Partner with supply chain and procurement teams to ensure long-lead materials and critical components are aligned with production schedules.
• Facilitate regular cross-functional production readiness meetings, communicating schedule status, risks, mitigation strategies.
• Present schedule status, risks, and recovery plans to leadership.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, management, or a related discipline (years of experience may be a substitute for degree)
• 8+ years of experience as a production planner/scheduler
• Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end material planning and production readiness for complex assemblies.
• Strong understanding of MRP/ERP planning processes, including demand planning, material allocation, and production scheduling.
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience, particularly supporting complex electromechanical and mechanical assemblies.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs and production priority simultaneously.
• Strong communication and influence skills, with demonstrated ability to present schedule status, risks, and mitigation strategies in large cross-functional meetings and executive level reviews.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) or other schedule performance measurement systems.
• U.S. Person or lawful permanent resident to comply with U.S. government space technology export regulations.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined case-by-case and may vary based on the job-related qualification, knowledge, skills, education, and experience. In addition to base salary, we offer 100% covered medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) match, Flexible Time Off (FTO), covered life insurance, maternity and paternity leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referrals, and lots of swag!

Salary Range

$100,000 - $130,000 USD

Full-time positions only:

Benefits

• 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Education Reimbursement
• Competitive Paid Parental Leave

About Terran Orbital

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers. Learn more at

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. In performing the duties of this job, the employee is routinely required to sit or stand for long durations of time, in addition to bending, reaching, and walking. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. This position is generally sedentary, with substantial computer usage.

Work Environment

The job operates in a professional office environment but in a manufacturing company. This job routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and scanners.

Disclaimers

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. In addition, please note that this position may require a current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance.

Terran Orbital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Terran Orbital does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with Terran Orbital, a Master Services Agreement (MSA) must be executed and confirmed prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed MSA, Terran Orbital shall not be responsible to any individual or entity for any payment relating to any form of fee or compensation.

And, in the event that a resume or candidate is submitted by a recruiter, an employment agency, or a staffing firm without a fully executed MSA, Terran Orbital has the unrestricted right to pursue and hire any of those candidate(s) without any legal or financial responsibility to the recruiter, agency, and/or firm.