Director of Manufacturing Automation & Scale-Up

Ion Storage Systems; Beltsville (MD); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

RSU issuance

Hybrid – Beltsville HQ in-person

Company holidays

17 days PTO

401k match

Wellness allowance

Job summary

Ion Storage Systems in Beltsville, MD seeks a Director of Manufacturing Engineering to lead a transition from prototype to high-volume automated production. You will own the equipment, controls, robotics, and line architecture while building a capable automation/engineering team.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in automation with scale-up, strong project leadership, and a hands-on background in machine design and metrology. Hybrid in-person work at Beltsville HQ is offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in automation/equipment/manufacturing engineering with scale-up experience.
• Experience designing/building automated equipment behind a major scale-up.
• Lead multiple projects in parallel from concept through handoff.
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities.
• Systems-level thinking for capacity and throughput modeling.
• Engineering degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Controls/Mechatronics.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment and automation roadmap to scale prototype to >100x throughput.
• Lead line design and capacity modeling with bottleneck analysis.
• Design, specify, and integrate automation systems with vendors.
• Own capital equipment planning, budgets, and timelines.
• Establish OEE, uptime, in-line inspection and traceability metrics.
• Build and lead a team of automation/equipment engineers.
• Partner with metrology and cell/process engineers on equipment designs.

Skills

Automation engineering

Equipment design

Robotics

Controls (PLC/Motion/Vision)

Line architecture

Project leadership

Team leadership

Education

B.Eng./M.Eng in Mechanical/Electrical/Controls/Mechatronics

Tools

PLC/Robot controls

In-line metrology systems

Job description

Ion Storage Systems in Beltsville, MD seeks a Director of Manufacturing Engineering to lead a transition from prototype to high-volume automated production. You will own the equipment, controls, robotics, and line architecture while building a capable automation/engineering team.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in automation with scale-up, strong project leadership, and a hands-on background in machine design and metrology. Hybrid in-person work at Beltsville HQ is offered.