Director, Prototype Machine Shop & Operations

Atomic Machines; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Atomic Machines is seeking a Director, Machine Shop to scale its prototype manufacturing capability in Emeryville and beyond. You will own the internal machine shop as a high-performing business, aligning engineering demand with realistic commitments, scheduling, staffing, safety, quality, and cost.

Lead a cross-functional team across Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Facilities, Safety, and Finance to deliver predictable results in a high-mix environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in machining or related hardware ops.
• 5+ years of direct people-management in a machine shop.
• Experience running high-mix prototype or advanced R&D manufacturing.
• Proven ownership of demand intake, capacity planning, and scheduling.
• Strong knowledge of CNC machining, CAM, GD&T, metrology, and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Run the machine shop as an internal business with delivery, safety, quality, staffing, cost, and equipment availability.
• Establish intake requirements, prioritization rules, service expectations, commitment standards, and escalation paths.
• Maintain a visible backlog and executable schedule with clear priorities, dates, constraints, owners, and recovery plans.
• Serve as the primary operating interface with internal customers and communicate feasibility, lead time, risks, and tradeoffs early.
• Resolve priority conflicts based on company and program objectives.
• Lead capacity planning and scheduling across machine, labor, programming, setup, inspection, and outside-processing plans.

Skills

Machining ops

Capacity planning

Staff management

Cross-functional leadership

DFM GD&T

Metrology

Education

Engineering background

Manufacturing operations

Tools

CAM software

CNC machining

Inspection equipment

Job description

Atomic Machines is seeking a Director, Machine Shop to scale its prototype manufacturing capability in Emeryville and beyond. You will own the internal machine shop as a high-performing business, aligning engineering demand with realistic commitments, scheduling, staffing, safety, quality, and cost.

Lead a cross-functional team across Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Facilities, Safety, and Finance to deliver predictable results in a high-mix environment.