Director of Manufacturing

Maybell Quantum; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Maybell Quantum is seeking an experienced operations leader to run our manufacturing organization, reporting to the VP of Operations. The Director will own manufacturing planning, supply continuity, and cost across our cryogenic hardware lines, working closely with production and quality teams to scale from prototype to repeatable production.

You will drive continuous improvement, define key operational metrics, manage the ERP/MRP platform, and partner with engineering to deliver new products on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years in manufacturing operations, including 5+ years leading and developing teams.
• Demonstrated experience taking complex hardware from prototype through repeatable production.
• Hands-on ERP/MRP ownership with BOM and routing experience.
• Experience building planning/inventory processes in low-volume, high-mix hardware environments.
• Strong knowledge of quality and continuous improvement methods (root cause analysis, CAPA, lean).
• Excellent communication skills with cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing planning and scheduling — build plans, capacity, on-time delivery commitments.
• Lead, coach, and grow the manufacturing organization.
• Partner with engineering to bring new products into production, driving DFM and clean handoffs.
• Define, baseline, and report operational metrics (on-time delivery, inventory turns, build cycle time).
• Oversee ERP/MRP platform implementation and data integrity.
• Run demand and materials planning, forecast-to-build, and inventory investments.
• Collaborate with quality on supplier quality and nonconformance resolution.
• Own the manufacturing budget and capital plan, including tooling and facilities.
• Drive continuous improvement programs to increase output.
• Manage supply chain risk with procurement.

Skills

Leadership

ERP/MRP

Manufacturing planning

Supplier quality

Lean / CI

Production scale-up

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Maybell Quantum is growing quickly and expanding our operations group! If being part of an outstanding team at one of the most exciting companies in quantum computing sounds interesting, then Maybell may be the place for you.

Maybell Quantum Industries, Inc. is a venture-backed quantum computing startup focused on designing and building the hardware for quantum systems. Quantum computers are going to be as important to the next 30 years as the internet was to the last 30; our team is building the hardware to make them work. In addition to competitive salary and benefits, the position includes stock options in one of the most promising startups in the country.

Maybell Quantum is seeking an experienced operations leader to run our manufacturing organization. Reporting to the VP of Operations, the Director of Manufacturing Operations ownsmanufacturing planning,supply continuity, and cost across our cryogenic hardware lines, working in close partnership with our production and quality teams.Our ideal candidate has scaled hardware fromlow-volumebuilds to repeatable production and is equally comfortable on the floor and in front of the executive team.

Responsibilities

• Ownmanufacturing planning and scheduling — build plans, capacity, and on-time delivery commitments — in partnership with the production team.
• Lead, coach, and grow the manufacturing organization.
• Partner with engineering to bring new products into production, driving design-for-manufacturability and clean hardware handoffs.
• Define, baseline, and report the operational metrics this role owns — on-time delivery, schedule adherence, inventory accuracy and turns, material cost variance, and build cycle time — and set improvement targets against them.
• Ownmanufacturing'simplementation anduse ofa newERP/MRPplatform— BOM and routing accuracy, master data, planning parameters, and inventory transactions — and drive the transaction discipline that makes the data trustworthy.
• Run demand and materials planning, including forecast-to-build conversion, MRP-driven purchasing signals, safety stock policy, and inventory investment levels.
• Partner with the quality team on supplier quality, nonconformance resolution, and documentation control so defects are caught upstream of the build.
• Own the manufacturing budget and capital plan, including tooling, equipment, and facility capacity.
• Drive continuous improvement programs to increaseoutput.
• Manage supply chain risk alongside procurement, including sole-source exposure, long-lead components, and supplier qualification.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, ora relatedfield.
• 10+ years in manufacturing operations, including 5+ years leading and developing teams.
• Demonstrated experience taking complex hardware from prototype through repeatable production.
• Hands-on ERP/MRP ownership, includingan implementation, migration, or major module rollout, plus BOM and routing structures, planning parameters, and inventory control.
• Experience building planning and inventory processes from the ground up in a low-volume, high-mix hardware environment.
• Strong command of quality and continuous improvement methods, such as root cause analysis, CAPA, and lean.
• Excellent communication skills, witha track recordof influencing acrossproduction, quality,andengineering teams and presentingto executives and investors.