Head of Manufacturing Engineering — Scale Robotics

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $15K relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

$1K monthly meals

Job summary

TAR is seeking a Head of Manufacturing Engineering to scale production across multiple robot programs at our San Francisco facility. You will own strategy, standards, and capital planning to move from prototype builds to reliable, high-volume manufacturing.

You will lead a growing team of engineers, set quality systems, and align capacity with our rapid growth goals, while representing manufacturing to customers and investors.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience scaling manufacturing engineering across multiple product lines, programs, or sites, beyond a single line.
• Track record owning capital equipment planning and budget for scale-up at a strategic level.
• Experience building and leading a team of manufacturing engineers and leads.
• Deep expertise across the manufacturing value chain: DFM, tooling, process development, and quality systems.
• Strong communication skills to present decisions to executive leadership, customers, and investors.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the manufacturing engineering strategy and roadmap across TAR's robotics product lines, aligning capacity, tooling, and process investment.
• Build and lead the manufacturing engineering organization, hiring, structuring, and developing engineers and leads.
• Own capital equipment and capacity planning to scale from prototype to high-volume manufacturing.
• Set manufacturing engineering standards, quality systems, and documentation practices company-wide.
• Own supplier and contract manufacturer strategy, selecting and negotiating with partners.
• Establish root-cause and continuous-improvement processes feeding future lines.
• Serve as the senior manufacturing engineering voice on the leadership team and influence investments.
• Represent manufacturing engineering externally with customers, partners, and investors.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering leadership

Scale-up experience

DFM

Tooling

Quality systems

Executive communication

Capex planning

Contract manufacturer strategy

Root-cause & continuous improvement

Job description

TAR is seeking a Head of Manufacturing Engineering to scale production across multiple robot programs at our San Francisco facility. You will own strategy, standards, and capital planning to move from prototype builds to reliable, high-volume manufacturing.

You will lead a growing team of engineers, set quality systems, and align capacity with our rapid growth goals, while representing manufacturing to customers and investors.