Facilities Manager

Who we are

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.

What you will be doing

The Facilities Manager owns the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of Millennium One (M1), Neros's 250,000 sq ft flagship drone manufacturing factory in Torrance, CA. Reporting to the Head of Production, this hands-on role is responsible for driving M1 from active build-out into steady-state production and keeping the physical plant a force multiplier for the factory rather than a bottleneck. As the site scales, this role also owns building out the facilities team from its current two-person base.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage construction and capital improvement projects at M1, from minor repairs and reconfigurations through major buildouts, coordinating contractors and vendors and leading the handoff from construction into active operations
• Operate and continuously improve M1's infrastructure, including MEP systems, equipment installation and qualification, environmental controls, floor plan layouts, and physical workflow design that support production rate targets
• Build, scale, and maintain the site's CMMS, standing up the asset registry, preventive maintenance (PM) schedules, and work order workflows, and using the data to drive uptime and inform reliability and CapEx decisions
• Partner with the EHS team to plan travel and safety lanes and execute site-level EHS and regulatory compliance programs (OSHA, fire code, hazardous materials, battery storage, ESD-controlled areas)
• Manage the M1 facilities operating budget and vendor stack (HVAC, electrical, janitorial, waste, equipment maintenance), holding vendors accountable to SLAs and making risk-based decisions efficiently
• Develop and phase the M1 expansion plan while hiring and growing the facilities team to match the needs of the factory as production scales

You should have the following

• 5+ years of progressive facilities leadership experience in manufacturing environments, with at least 2 years as the functional owner of facilities
• Direct experience operating large (50,000+ sq ft) production facilities, ideally in hardware, aerospace, defense, automotive, or other regulated industries
• Demonstrated track record of scaling facility operations alongside an active production ramp and through organizational growth
• Strong working knowledge of important regulatory frameworks for industrial environments (OSHA, fire code, EHS, hazmat handling)
• Hands-on experience managing MEP infrastructure, equipment commissioning, and facility CapEx projects from planning through execution
• Proven ability to build and manage vendor relationships across the full facilities stack (HVAC, electrical, janitorial, security systems, equipment maintenance)
• Experience hiring, managing, and developing a Facilities team
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
• Willingness to work in-person, full-time, in Torrance, CA, with travel to other Neros sites as needed

Nice to have

• Prior experience in defense, aerospace, or other ITAR-regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience standing up greenfield or large-scale facility build-outs, up to and including 1M+ sq ft factories from the ground up
• Background scaling facilities at high-growth hardware startups (Series B+ or equivalent)
• Personal experience operating or supporting facilities outside the United States, particularly in Europe or active conflict environments
• Specialty infrastructure experience relevant to drone manufacturing, including ESD-controlled environments, large-scale battery storage and handling, or RF/test cage construction
• Experience owning or coordinating industrial machine maintenance programs for production equipment

US Salary Range

$125,000 - $225,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.