Head of Manufacturing Engineering

The role

The Head of Manufacturing Engineering will set the technical manufacturing automation roadmap and lead the Manufacturing Engineering and Process Engineering groups. This person will design flexible assembly lines, deploy automation, and manage factory layout and new product introductions.

What you will do

• Own the multi-year manufacturing automation roadmap
• Design and launch a flexible assembly line for multiple customer products
• Partner with software and robotics teams to deploy foundation-model-driven automation
• Specify and deploy autonomous material movement
• Own the factory layout of the Emeryville facility
• Build the DFM/DFA practice
• Build the Process Engineering team
• Own new product introduction from customer handoff to stable production
• Hire, develop and lead manufacturing and process engineers

Required qualifications

• 12+ years in manufacturing engineering for complex electromechanical hardware
• 5+ years leading engineers
• Launched at least one high-volume or high-mix assembly line end to end
• Built an automation program
• Hands-on DFM/DFA
• Deep process fundamentals: PFMEA, control plans, capability studies, standard work, takt and OEE
• Hired and grown an engineering team from a handful to dozens
• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Nice to have

• Experience applying ML-based robotics in a production setting
• AMR/AGV or autonomous intralogistics deployment
• Multi-product or contract-manufacturing environment
• AS9100 or ITAR-controlled production exposure
• Electromechanical assembly of robots, drones, or defense hardware

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Generous PTO

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to ITAR and export control requirements

About the company

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. They aim to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer.