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Castelion

Designs and manufactures hypersonic strike weapons

Avionics Lab & Infrastructure Manager

Facilities ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTorrance, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related field with at least 3 years of relevant experience, or at least 6 years of equivalent professional experience.
  • Hands-on experience in manufacturing operations, engineering laboratories, or similar technical environments.
  • Experience with facility layouts, equipment installations, and manufacturing workflow improvements.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional projects and driving improvements independently.

Responsibilities

  • Own the organization, operational readiness, and continuous improvement of the Avionics laboratories.
  • Lead the planning, layout, and setup of new Avionics manufacturing spaces, including equipment, workstations, utilities, and material flow.
  • Develop value stream maps to identify bottlenecks, improve workflows, and increase manufacturing throughput.
  • Implement 5S, visual management, and standardized laboratory organization practices.
  • Develop standard operating procedures for laboratory equipment, tooling, and infrastructure.
  • Manage equipment installation, calibration, preventive maintenance, and operational readiness.
  • Partner with engineering, manufacturing, and facilities teams to resolve infrastructure constraints and improve operational efficiency.
  • Plan and implement laboratory equipment and infrastructure improvements to support production growth.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Lean manufacturing, value stream mapping, 5S, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience designing manufacturing layouts, optimizing material flow, and developing scalable laboratory infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with electronics manufacturing, including printed circuit board assembly, wire harnessing, electrical integration, and testing.
  • Experience developing equipment standard operating procedures, calibration programs, and preventive maintenance processes.
  • Experience with computer-aided design software, laboratory equipment, and capital equipment installations.
  • Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or other complex hardware manufacturing environments.
  • Strong ownership, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.

About the Company

Castelion

Designs and manufactures hypersonic strike weapons

Castelion designs, tests, and manufactures hypersonic strike weapons for the U.S. military, aiming to deter future wars with fast, credible, non-nuclear deterrence. Its flagship Blackbeard is a low-cost, mass-producible hypersonic missile compatible with HIMARS/MLRS, built in-house with solid rocket motors, propellant, and a real-time, hardware-isolated flight computer. The company uses vertical integration and a rapid test-and-iterate cycle, with frequent flight tests and Project Ranger, a 1,000-acre facility in New Mexico to scale production. It competes with traditional defense primes on speed and cost, selling under government contracts and development awards to field advanced weapons at scale.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series C
Total funding
$1.5B
Headquarters
Torrance, CA
Founded
2022

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