# Airframe Manufacturing Lead at Astro Mechanica

- Company: Astro Mechanica
- What the company does: We're reinventing aircraft from the engine forward. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://astromecha.co/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $165K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/astro-mechanica/3d2a6d29-0a78-4895-ba53-b48765849098
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astro-mechanica-airframe-manufacturing-lead/

## About the role

You will own Astro Mechanica’s supersonic plane build. Working with our Director of Manufacturing, you’ll lead a team turning designs into real hardware, making sure parts get built, assemblies come together, and problems get solved efficiently as the airplane takes shape. Work with senior engineering leadership to stand up Astro Mechanica’s airframe manufacturing function from scratch, including facilities, workflows, tooling concepts, and technician teams

## What they're looking for

- A hands-on airframe manufacturing leader with deep expertise in composite structures and bonded assemblies
- Comfortable building a manufacturing function from the ground up—facilities, processes, tooling, and teams
- A tactical leader who thrives on the shop floor, leading by example and mentoring technicians through complex builds
- 10+ years of experience in high-mix, low-volume composite manufacturing, prototyping, or airframe fabrication, preferably in aerospace or defense
- Strong hands-on knowledge of composite materials and processes (prepreg layup, wet layup, bonding, curing, trimming, and repair)
- Strong hands-on knowledge of metallic materials and processing

Tags: Manufacturing