Production Operations Manager

Location: Montreal

Company Description

Xiphos Systems Corporation, founded in 1996, is a vibrant and energetic company in the heart of Montreal’s Plateau area. For over 20 years, we have pushed the envelope of what is possible in NewSpace and secured the trust of various space agencies and space companies around the world. The industry has adopted our design approach and, as a result, we have been experiencing several years of rapid, steady growth and the trend is continuing!

Our vision is to migrate terrestrial computing and network communication techniques into space

environments. The company’s expertise in networked processors has evolved into a line of high-

performance, fault-tolerant flight control and sensor processing hardware and software solutions in wide and varied advanced space applications. Xiphos’ primary markets are small satellites, space station applications, as well as lunar landers, rovers, and robotics. We have delivered our standard and custom products all over the world and have been essential to many successful space missions. With low power consumption, high processing power, enhanced flexibility, excellent robustness, and proven functions available off-the-shelf, our Q-cards are

increasingly the preferred solution in the fast-growing field of NewSpace.

Role Description

Reporting to the VP, Operations, the Manager, Production Operations is responsible for leading the Production and Manufacturing Engineering teams. The role ensures operational performance across production planning, execution, and continuous improvement. This includes maintaining visibility on long-term production demand and capacity, overseeing ERP effectiveness, removing operational barriers, and driving performance through data, reporting, and team leadership.

The role also plays a key part in developing team capability and fostering a collaborative culture focused on performance and shared outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Production and Manufacturing Engineering to meet delivery, cost, quality, and efficiency targets
• Inspire, mentor, and guide a skilled team of engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation
• Actively build the team’s skills and capabilities to take on complex work
• Manage deadlines, priorities and deliveries within an Agile environment
• Ensure operational performance meets business and customer requirements for lead time, quality, and manufacturing cost
• Drive continuous improvement and oversee production flow and shop layout
• Ensure manufacturing readiness in collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering
• Ensure cross-functional alignment across Operations and Supply Chain to ensure that inventory meets requirements
• Own ERP performance, including data integrity, workflows, and reporting
• Define and drive KPIs to monitor and improve operational performance
• Approve production plans and monitor execution
• Support supplier performance through quality feedback and delivery alignment
• Establish team governance and ensure compliance with quality standards and support audits (e.g. AS9100)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field / Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is an asset
• 12+ years of relevant experience in the production of high-reliability (aerospace or space applications) electronics, electronic components, or related fields
• 4+ years leading and managing a team of production technicians and engineers
• Proven experience leading and developing teams for superior performance
• AS9100 or equivalent quality management systems
• ERP systems and business process integration (experience working with Epicor ERP an asset)
• Hands on experience testing digital electronics
• Bilingual (French and English)
• Must be able to obtain Canadian government security clearance (Canadian Controlled Goods Program)