Role: Facilities Manager

Location: San Diego, CA (in-office)

Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000 + stock options, 401k matching, and other benefits

Role Overview:

Seasats is seeking a hands-on Facilities Manager to own day-to-day management of our San Diego manufacturing facilities. This role will be responsible for maintaining, optimizing, and scaling the facility to support growing production volumes, engineering development, and operational needs. The Facilities Manager will serve as the internal owner of the physical site, ensuring that infrastructure, safety, and shared resources enable efficient and reliable manufacturing of autonomous surface vessels. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in an operational environment, enjoys improving systems over time and takes pride in managing a clean, safe, and high-performing facility.

Role Details:

• Own day-to-day readiness of the physical operating environment across production, test, storage, shipping, and office spaces so teams can work without disruption
• Serve as the first responder and owner for facility issues including power, networking, HVAC, plumbing, access systems, outages, and shop infrastructure, coordinating fixes quickly to protect schedules and productivity
• Manage facility-related vendors and contractors end-to-end, including scoping work, scheduling, onsite supervision, and confirming work is completed safely and correctly
• Design, build or coordinate the build of basic physical infrastructure (e.g., shelving, racks, workstations, storage, cable runs), either hands-on or through vendors, based on production and office needs
• Support production and office layout changes, including enabling new build/test areas, adjusting workspaces, relocating equipment, and preparing space as headcount and build rates scale
• Maintain organized storage areas for materials, tooling and completed vehicles
• Ensure compliant storage and handling of chemicals, batteries, and hazardous materials
• Manage physical access controls and visitor procedures in coordination with security leadership, including doors, locks, alarms, badge systems, CAC-enabled access where applicable, and escort requirements
• Maintain facility access and visitor records aligned with facility clearance (FCL) requirements and internal security procedures, escalating risks or gaps early
• Act as the bridge between facilities, production, office operations, and security, proactively identifying physical or access-related issues that could impact throughput, safety, compliance, or employee productivity
• Support facility transitions and expansion, including contractor check-ins, progress monitoring, infrastructure readiness, and preparation for new or expanded spaces

About You:

• 5+ years of experience in facilities management, site operations, or industrial operations
• Experience supporting manufacturing, warehouse, or R&D environments
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Comfort working hands-on in a dynamic production environment
• Ability to coordinate contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders

To effectively perform the essential, hands-on functions of the role, you must have the ability to:

• Bend, kneel, reach, and stand for extended periods; safely operate hand and power tools; lift and move materials and equipment; and occasionally climb ladders as required for assembly or installation tasks

In addition, it’s nice (though not essential) if you have:

• Experience operating a newly commissioned or recently expanded facility
• Familiarity with manufacturing utilities and equipment infrastructure
• Knowledge of OSHA, fire codes, and hazardous materials compliance
• Background in robotics, marine, aerospace, or defense-adjacent industries
• Forklift certification

About Seasats:

At Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our ASVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.

Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

• Stock options
• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

Hiring Notes:

When applying, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions.

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

We look forward to reviewing your application!