Senior Director of Manufacturing

Description

• Facilitate transparent communication and rapid issue resolution across development, sourcing, and manufacturing teams.
• Partner with Product, Field Operations, Quality, and Engineering to ensure closed-loop learning, feeding field performance data, product issues, and customer feedback back into design improvements, process optimization, and manufacturing quality.
• Establish scalable manufacturing processes, documentation, and systems to support production ramp and long term volume.
• Build and lead a high-performance manufacturing team, including production managers, technicians, and manufacturing engineers.
• Partner with Quality on root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions for manufacturing issues.
• Own goods receiving, inventory management, material flow, and picking processes to ensure accurate tracking, proper storage, and timely delivery of components to manufacturing areas.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies, automation, and systems to scale production efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and execute the manufacturing strategy to support company growth, product roadmap, and cost objectives.
• Lead all manufacturing operations, including in-house production in Woodland and external manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure component availability, supplier readiness, and proactive risk mitigation.
• Own manufacturing KPIs and provide regular updates to executive leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence methodologies.
• Oversee manufacturing readiness reviews, process validation, qualification, and production ramp planning.
• Drive performance management across quality, throughput, cost, safety, and delivery metrics.
• Ensure consistent product quality through implementation of robust quality systems, including receiving inspection, in-process controls, testing, and final acceptance.
• Develop budgets, staffing and hiring plans, capital expenditure (CapEx) justifications, and manufacturing capacity models for the Woodland facility and partner sites.
• Develop training programs, standard work, and operating procedures to ensure consistent execution across production lines.
• Partner with Engineering teams on Design for Manufacturability, tooling strategies, and smooth transitions from prototype to production.

Requirements

• Strong experience with DFM, process development, production line design, and quality systems.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Manufacturing experience in electromechanical systems, industrial automation, or robotics.
• Experience managing contract manufacturers, global supply networks, and mixed in-house/outsourced production models.
• Engineering or technical degree; advanced degree or MBA is a plus.
• Proven track record collaborating with Engineering, Supply Chain, Product, Quality, and Operations functions.
• Demonstrated success scaling production of complex systems from pilot through BOM-stable low-volume manufacturing.
• 12+ years of manufacturing experience, including leadership of multidisciplinary teams in a hardware or electromechanical product environment.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing data analytics tools.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.

Benefits

• Stock options
• 401k match
• Career progression
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Home office set up allowance
• Generous time off and holiday policy
• Remote flexibility
• Flexible time off

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance