Overview

We need someone who has taken hardware from a successful first unit to repeatable, high-volume manufacturing, and who wants to build that function from scratch. You'll own everything between "the engineering team built one that works" and "we can build hundreds of these reliably, on schedule, at cost."

What You'll Do

Own the transition from prototype builds to scaled Powerblock production, standing up the manufacturing function from the ground up

Develop equipment, fixtures, and processes for early-stage builds and design them to scale into high-volume production

Determine and procure manufacturing equipment, working with integrators on semi-automated through fully automated systems as volume justifies it

Manage suppliers through specification, design, buyoff, and installation of manufacturing equipment

Provide DFM input back to the hardware team to improve yield and manufacturability as the Powerblock design matures

Create manufacturing instructions and documentation to train the technicians who'll build production units

Set the cost, quality, and throughput targets that let us hit our per-unit hardware cost goals at scale

What You'll Bring

5+ years hands-on as a Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Design Engineer on mechanical or electromechanical systems, ideally with time spent taking a product from prototype to volume production

2D CAD for line design (AutoCAD) and 3D CAD for equipment, fixturing, and tooling (SolidWorks or CATIA)

Experience with conveyance, workstation design, robotic systems, adhesive dispensing, DC fastening tools, or automated functional test

GD&T and system stack-up analysis

Experience writing technical specifications for automated manufacturing equipment

DFM and DFA experience, and comfort giving that input directly to a hardware design team

Comfort operating with almost no existing infrastructure. You're building the manufacturing function, not stepping into one.

Nice to Have

Background in battery, energy storage, or power electronics hardware

Experience standing up a manufacturing line at an early-stage hardware startup

Familiarity with domestic content and manufacturing tax accounting