Head of Manufacturing

The role

The Head of Manufacturing will build systems, processes, and partnerships to move hardware from development builds to repeatable production. This person will lead the manufacturing roadmap across component production, subassemblies, and final system delivery.

What you will do

• Develop and lead Arbor's manufacturing strategy and scale-up roadmap.
• Translate product and system designs into practical manufacturing plans.
• Evaluate and recommend make-versus-buy, vertical-integration, supplier, manufacturing-partner, and facility strategies.
• Lead the production strategy for critical components including additive manufacturing and machining.
• Establish approaches for process qualification, repeatability, yield improvement, and cost reduction.
• Build ramp and capacity plans covering equipment, tooling, staffing, and supplier readiness.
• Implement production systems, work instructions, quality controls, and change-control practices.
• Coordinate an integrated manufacturing plan across multiple departments and partners.
• Build manufacturing cost and capacity models.
• Create an operating cadence for manufacturing and provide recommendations to leadership.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, industrialization, production engineering, or operations for complex hardware systems, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Experience taking first-of-a-kind or early-stage hardware from prototype or first article into repeatable production.
• Experience building manufacturing systems from the ground up, including process design, facility planning, supplier strategy, production systems, and operating cadence.
• Production or production-intent experience with additive manufacturing, including qualification, inspection, repeatability, yield, and downstream process integration.
• Strong working knowledge of machining, fabrication, welding, assembly, test, quality systems, and production readiness for complex hardware.
• Experience evaluating and implementing make-versus-buy, vertical-integration, and manufacturing-partner decisions.
• Ability to build cost, capacity, and capital models and connect manufacturing choices to technical, commercial, and company milestones.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills.
• Comfort working hands-on in an early-stage environment.

Nice to have

• Relevant experience in turbomachinery, rotating equipment, pressure systems, energy hardware, aerospace, propulsion, industrial process equipment, or similarly demanding hardware environments.
• Manufacturing environments involving additive processes, machining, post-processing, welding, skidded systems, piping, electrical integration, and system-level test.
• Early-stage or high-growth companies where you remained close to the work while building the function.

Benefits

• Pre-IPO stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (Arbor covers 90% for employees)
• Basic life insurance fully covered
• Health savings account (HSA) with matching
• Flexible savings account (FSA)
• Unlimited PTO
• 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!
• 401(k)
• Commuter benefits
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation creates technology to power lives while protecting the planet. They develop advanced power systems using a supercritical CO2 turbine with integrated carbon capture to deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity.