Production Planner - Composites

Job description

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE: As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost. SUMMARY: The Carbon Composites – Production Planner (Level 3) ensures that composite parts and assemblies flow efficiently through kitting, layup, cure, machining, inspection, and integration in accordance with program milestones. This role is pivotal to maintaining schedule integrity across operations that rely on fiber-based composite materials (prepreg, dry fiber, resin systems) and specialized processes such as autoclave curing and bonding. You will track production flow, manage work-in-progress, and proactively identify and resolve constraints in materials, tools, or operations that could impact build readine...