Head of Manufacturing Engineering
Core
Lead manufacturing engineering to scale robotics production from prototypes to high-volume manufacturing for gigawatt-scale off-grid power infrastructure.
Role type
Senior leadership manufacturing engineering head (IC + org building)
Builds
Construction robots for data center power infrastructure
Domain
Robotics + Energy Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
manufacturing engineering strategy, capital equipment planning, supplier/contract manufacturer management, quality systems (ISO/AS9100), DFM, tooling, process development, team building, scaling operations
Preferred skills
austere/field environment manufacturing, high-growth hardware/robotics scaling (Anduril/SpaceX/Tesla), formal quality systems at org level, building functions from scratch
Technologies
robotics hardware, capital equipment, manufacturing execution systems
Responsibilities
Define manufacturing strategy and roadmap, build and lead the engineering organization, own capital equipment and capacity planning, set company-wide standards and quality systems, manage supplier and contract manufacturer strategy, establish continuous improvement processes, represent the function to leadership and external stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with org leadership