Head of Hardware Manufacturing

The role

The Head of Hardware Manufacturing will manage end-to-end retrofit and box build operations. This role involves standing up production at new locations, managing the technician organization, and building a leadership layer. You will partner with Supply Chain and engineering to ensure production quality and scale.

What you will do

• Manage end-to-end retrofit and box build operations including process, technicians, tooling, and throughput
• Stand up production at two new locations including layout, material flow, and station design
• Manage the technician organization including hiring, training, certification, and shift structure
• Build the leadership layer beneath the role
• Manage a quality function that gates production independently of build
• Partner with Supply Chain to ensure complete kits for vehicles
• Partner with hardware and NPI engineering for design transfers into production

Required qualifications

• Track record taking a hardware production operation from zero or near-zero to meaningful volume
• Experience in a larger, mature manufacturing organization
• Demonstrated multi-site experience
• Deep capability in technician hiring and training
• Strong manufacturing engineering foundation including time studies, line balancing, takt and cycle analysis, station and tooling design, work instructions, lean and continuous improvement
• Quality leadership experience running an independent quality gate
• Proven people leadership at scale hiring and leading managers, engineers, and technician leads
• Comfortable being hands-on on the floor and rigorous in the data
• 10-plus years in manufacturing operations, including leadership of a multi-shift production organization

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time
• Unlimited Flexible Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

About the company

Atoms builds Physical AI, real-world robots for industries like food, mining, and transport. They aim to transform physical systems through the integration of hardware, software, AI, and manufacturing.