Director – Hardware Producibility and Manufacturing COE

Director – Hardware Producibility and Manufacturing COE

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, minimum
• Minimum 7+ years of industry experience developing mechanical systems and components
• Minimum 2+ years of management experience with direct-reporting technical personnel
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. person (defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status)
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People’s Republic of China national or Russian national unless also a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and train best practices and processes for documenting and managing system design packages
• Oversee quality control of design packages, ensuring completeness of documented configurations to allow ease of procurement, material management, export control, etc.
• Partner with other functions such as supply chain, IT, and finance to ensure connectivity of enterprise tools such as design software, PLM, and SAP
• Establish configuration and data management systems, and maintain operability thereof
• Implement procedures for configuration control board, document release, change management
• Develop and execute strategy around contracting manufacturing of mechanical systems against
• Execute and achieve YoY cost reduction targets and cycle time improvement targets for mechanical systems
• Identify and execute on outsourcing opportunities
• Ensure that mechanical design and build meet business goals for industrial esthetics as well as functionality
• Develop and implement strategies for successful and safe packaging and shipping of highly complex electromechanical and electro-optical systems
• Be accountable for on-time delivery of mechanical systems against business needs
• Partner with supply-chain on make-buy analyses for mechanical components and systems
• Own and manage execution of the above plans, including scope, schedule, budget, and resource management
• Identify department-level staffing needs and fill key gaps via hiring, mentorship, cross-training, and managing of 1st-line managers.
• Perform talent resource reviews, give real-time coaching and feedback, succession planning, Skip-level meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience with hardware in a deep-tech field such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, or quantum networking is highly beneficial
• Experience managing managers
• Demonstrable expertise in mechanical design or analysis
• Familiarity with Atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics and/or Quantum Computing
• Experience in complex task management (cost, schedule, risk/opportunity, etc.)
• Strong organizational & leadership skills; Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A cool, even-keeled temperament to keep conversations productive even in times of pressure and change
• Cross-functional mentality: commitment to empowering and enabling all organizations within the business
• Strategic thinking: aptitude for aligning tactical activities with strategic business objectives
• Programmatic acumen: experience creating, driving, and tracking complex project plans