Production and Test Planner

About the role

As Production and Test Planner, you will be the backbone of production and test scheduling for True Anomaly's spacecraft delivery operations. You will own the day-to-day coordination, detailed scheduling, and capacity tracking that enables the Production and Test Engineering team to execute on aggressive timelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed production and test schedules at the work order and task level using MRP/PLM systems.
• Cook up daily and weekly scheduling with production technicians, test engineers, and manufacturing engineers to sequence work efficiently.
• Track work order status, identify schedule slips or resource conflicts, and escalate risks to leadership proactively.
• Perform capacity analysis and workload forecasting to identify staffing needs, equipment bottlenecks, and facility constraints.
• Coordinate test stand and facility reservations (TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC, FlatSat) to maximize utilization and minimize idle time.
• Generate schedule reports and metrics (on-time delivery, cycle time, resource utilization) for leadership review.
• Support production meetings by providing schedule status, highlighting critical path items, and tracking action items to closure.
• Work with procurement and supply chain to ensure materials and tooling are available to support scheduled builds.
• Maintain accurate records of as-built configurations, test completions, and schedule performance in PLM/MES systems.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying schedule inefficiencies and recommending process changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or operations coordination in manufacturing or aerospace environments.
• Proficiency with MRP, PLM, or MES systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Arena, Dassault, Siemens Teamcenter).
• Strong knowledge of production scheduling principles, capacity planning, and critical path analysis.
• Experience coordinating schedules across multiple teams and functional areas with competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present schedule status and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Project, or equivalent scheduling and analysis tools.