Head of Manufacturing

The role

The Head of Manufacturing leads the manufacturing organization and owns the operating system to convert advanced technology into scalable production. This leader manages Production, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Yield, Supply Chain, and Facilities.

What you will do

• Assess the existing pilot line team and establish accountability.
• Develop and execute a manufacturing strategy for R&D and commercial production.
• Establish KPIs, tiered operating reviews, and escalation protocols.
• Develop site-level organizational structures and hiring plans for new locations.
• Introduce and enforce semiconductor-grade manufacturing discipline.
• Use SPC and statistical methods to improve process capability and yield.
• Partner with Engineering and R&D to establish manufacturing readiness criteria.
• Lead Production to achieve manufacturing plans and customer delivery commitments.
• Lead Maintenance to focus on equipment reliability and reducing downtime.
• Lead Quality and Yield as central manufacturing priorities.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related technical discipline.
• 15 years of progressive manufacturing or operations experience, including significant leadership responsibility for plant, production, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading multiple manufacturing functions and a sizable multi-level organization in a technically complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience in semiconductors, superconductors, advanced materials, electronics, thin-film manufacturing, specialty chemicals, battery manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, or another comparable high-precisi
• Demonstrated success building disciplined manufacturing organizations and improving safety, quality, yield, throughput, equipment reliability, cost, and delivery performance.
• Experience leading multi-shift manufacturing operations and developing leaders at the manager and director level.
• Demonstrated experience scaling remote manufacturing operations, implementing production controls, and establishing sustainable continuous improvement systems.
• Experience partnering with Engineering and R&D to transition technologies, equipment, or processes from development into sustained manufacturing.
• Ability to sit at a desk and view a computer screen for extended periods.
• Ability to move around the office, including occasional standing, walking, and bending.
• Ability to perform light lifting up to 20 lbs.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related discipline.
• Executive-level manufacturing leadership experience in semiconductor fabrication, semiconductor capital equipment, superconducting materials, thin-film deposition, or advanced-materials manufacturing.
• Experience with MOCVD, CVD, PVD, sputtering, plating, vacuum processing, thermal processing, continuous web or roll-to-roll manufacturing, or related technologies.
• Experience scaling manufacturing operations from development or low-volume production into stable, high-volume commercial manufacturing.
• Experience commissioning, qualifying, ramping, and sustaining complex production equipment and manufacturing lines.
• Experience leading Quality, Yield, Maintenance, EHS, Supply Chain, Facilities, or similarly integrated manufacturing functions in addition to Production.
• Experience implementing Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, SPC, OEE, 5S, tiered daily management, or comparable operational-excellence systems.
• Experience operating in a high-growth organization where manufacturing technology, equipment, processes, and organizational structures continue to mature rapidly.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision available on the first day of the month following your start date
• 401(k) match
• Paid parental leave & adoption assistance
• Educational reimbursement

About the company

MetOx International is pioneering the next era of energy security and abundance through breakthrough superconducting technology.