Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering & Facilities

Sapphire Technologies is seeking a hands-on leader to buildand lead the manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, and facilitiescapabilities required to support the company's growth. This role is responsiblefor developing the production system, including manufacturing processes,facility layout, assembly and test infrastructure, tooling, equipment, capacityplanning, technical documentation, and equipment reliability.

The position supports industrialization and productionof complex electromechanical equipment, including rotating machinery andassociated electrical systems. It translates product designs and businessrequirements into safe, repeatable, and scalable manufacturing methods andfactory infrastructure. This role also leads integrated planning forproduction, testing, material flow, offices, and customer-facing areas.

This is a functional leadership role with significanthands-on involvement and will shape how an emerging energy-technology businessbuilds and scales its manufacturing capabilities. The successful candidate willinfluence manufacturing decisions early in product development and have adirect impact on factory readiness, capacity, product quality, cost, andoperational performance. It does not directly manage production operators orown daily production scheduling at this time and will be responsible for hiringand interviewing for future roles in Process Engineering, ManufacturingEngineering, and Industrial Engineering as we continue to scale.

Requirements

·   Establish and Manage the manufacturingengineering, industrial engineering, and facilities function in alignment withproduct, production, and growth plans.

·   Develop and Manage a phased roadmap formanufacturing capability, facility readiness, equipment investment, processimprovement, and technical staffing.

·   Establish and Manage process flows, assemblysequences, routings, work instructions, tooling requirements, andproduction-readiness criteria.

·   Partner with Design Engineering on design formanufacturability and assembly, including accessibility, tolerances, assemblymethods, serviceability, and testability.

·   Plan and support pilot and production-intentbuilds, resolve manufacturing-readiness issues, and incorporate lessons learnedinto products and processes.

·   Own the integrated facility plan formanufacturing, testing, material flow, equipment, storage, office,collaboration, and customer-facing areas.

·   Define operational requirements for facilityutilities, high-power electrical infrastructure, production test systems,lifting and handling equipment, environmental conditions, and supportingservices.

·   Develop capacity models and evaluatebottlenecks, labor content, line balance, material movement, work-in-process,ergonomics, and space utilization.

·   Apply Lean Six Sigma manufacturing methods,standardized work, visual management, 5S, and structured continuousimprovement.

·   Manage the specification, technical evaluation,installation, commissioning, and production handoff of tooling, fixtures,equipment, and manufacturing test infrastructure.

·   Develop and Manage capital and facilitiesprojects, including scope, cost, schedule, supplier performance, commissioning,and operational acceptance.

·   Support supplier APQP and PPAP throughmanufacturing-feasibility reviews, process-risk assessments, validationevidence, technical transfers, and production-readiness reviews.

·   Collaborate with Production, Engineering,Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, and external partners to deliverbusiness objectives.

·   Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing,industrial engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalentcombination of relevant education and directly applicable experience.

·   10+ years of progressively responsibleexperience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering,industrialization, or a closely related function.

·   5+ years leading technical teams or substantialcross-functional manufacturing programs with responsibility for priorities,resources, and deliverables.

·   Experience with developing and improvingassembly processes, production tooling, manufacturing documentation, equipmentimplementation, facility or production layouts, and capacity analysis.

·   Experience managing capital, equipment,facility, or infrastructure projects from requirements through implementation.

·   Working knowledge of DFM/DFA, engineering changecontrol, structured problem-solving, lean manufacturing, andproduction-readiness practices.

·   Ability to interpret engineering drawings,technical specifications, and manufacturing requirements.

·   Strong project-management, financial-analysis,communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

·   Ability to combine hands-on technical work withfunctional leadership in a growing organization.

·   Experience supporting a factory startup,expansion, relocation, or manufacturing transfer.

·   Experience working with suppliers and/orcontract manufacturers on technical transfer and production readiness.

·   Familiarity with ERP systems, digitalmanufacturing documentation, CAD or layout tools, and maintenance-managementsystems.

·   Experience working within an ISO 9001 orcomparable quality-management environment.

·   Experience with rotating equipment, motors,generators, turbomachinery, precision assemblies, or comparable industrialequipment.

·   Experience defining operational requirements forhigh-power electrical infrastructure, production test systems, and supportingutilities in an industrial environment.

·   Exposure to electrical assembly, powerelectronics, instrumentation, liquid cooling, or electromechanical productiontesting.

Benefits