Manufacturing Lead

think; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 560,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Deep tech company

Ownership and impact

Early-stage compensation

Senior team collaboration

Hardware and AI

Job summary

think in Riyadh is seeking a Manufacturing Lead to turn validated designs into shippable units on our own floor. You will own build, test, and release for every node, driving yield, cycle time, and manufacturability improvements in a fast-growing hardware environment.

You will collaborate with design engineers to modify designs for manufacturability, implement fixtures and tools, and manage production staff as we scale operations on-site in Riyadh.

Qualifications

• Six years or more in electronics or systems manufacturing.
• Hands-on with build documentation, fixtures, first-article inspection and process control.
• Experience with liquid-cooled, sealed or fluid-carrying assemblies, or a strong case for learning fast.
• Comfortable working directly with design engineers to change a design that cannot be built well.
• Based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Own build, test and release for every node leaving the building.
• Turn design-for-manufacture handoffs into producible work instructions and tools.
• Own coolant fill, leak test and burn-in processes, and the records that prove each unit passed.
• Drive yield and cycle time, and own the corrective action loop when either moves the wrong way.
• Qualify and audit suppliers and contract partners alongside procurement.
• Hire and train assembly and test technicians as production scales.

Skills

Line ownership

Fixtures & tooling

First-article inspection

Process control

Design collaboration

Liquid-cooled assemblies

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Job description

Open roles

Manufacturing Lead

Take validated designs and turn them into units that ship, repeatably. Every node is assembled, filled, cabled and burned in on our own floor in Riyadh, and you own that floor.

Type Full time

Team Hardware

Location Riyadh

Take validated designs and turn them into units that ship, repeatably. Every node is assembled, filled, cabled and burned in on our own floor in Riyadh, and you own that floor.

What you will do

• Own build, test and release for every node leaving the building.
• Take the design-for-manufacture handoff from engineering and make it producible: work instructions, fixtures, tooling, station layout and takt.
• Own the coolant fill, leak test and burn-in process, and the records that prove each unit passed.
• Drive yield and cycle time, and own the corrective action loop when either moves the wrong way.
• Qualify and audit suppliers and contract partners alongside procurement.
• Hire and train assembly and test technicians as production scales.

What you need

• Six years or more in electronics or systems manufacturing, including ownership of a production line or cell.
• Hands-on with build documentation, fixtures, first-article inspection and process control.
• Experience with liquid-cooled, sealed or fluid-carrying assemblies, or a strong case for why you would learn it fast.
• Comfortable working directly with design engineers to change a design that cannot be built well.
• Based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Useful, not required

• Lean or Six Sigma practice, applied rather than certified.
• ERP or MES implementation in a small manufacturing operation.
• Experience scaling from prototype cadence to steady volume.

What we offer

• One of the first deep tech companies in the region, building foundational technology in house.
• Meaningful ownership and impact at an early stage.
• Competitive early-stage compensation.
• Close collaboration with a small, senior team.
• Problems that combine hardware, systems and AI at scale.