Aircraft seat manufacturer scaling production and quality operations
Elevate Aircraft Seating (rebranded from Adient Aerospace in April 2025) manufactures aircraft interiors with a 501–1,000-person operation anchored in engineering and manufacturing talent. The hiring velocity is accelerating across 65 open roles, with engineering (20 positions) and operations (15) leading recruitment — a pattern that tracks with active workstreams in new product launches, advanced quality planning, and commodity seat programs. The tech stack is CAD-heavy (CATIA, AutoCAD, Windchill for PLM) and ERP-driven (Syspro), typical of regulated aerospace supply chains.
Elevate Aircraft Seating designs and manufactures aircraft seating systems for commercial and regional aircraft platforms. The company completed a rebranding from Adient Aerospace on April 30, 2025, after more than six years in the aircraft interiors sector. Headquartered in Bothell, Washington, the company operates across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply-chain functions, with active hiring in the United States and Germany. Current project focus spans new product development, regulatory validation, quality improvement, and commodity seat platform scaling. The business sits within a supply-chain environment characterized by material shortages, certification complexity, and tight production schedules.
Core tools include CATIA and AutoCAD for design, Windchill for product lifecycle management, Syspro for ERP, and SQL/Power BI for reporting. Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint support collaboration.
Material and parts shortages, production scheduling pressure, managing certification timelines, supplier quality issues, and meeting regulatory compliance requirements are the documented pain points.
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