Manufacturing Lead

Scorpion Therapeutics; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation

Sick time

Holidays

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Caregiver leave

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a Manufacturing Lead for the Ottava Production Team. You will oversee daily production, ensure safety and quality, and drive on-time delivery while mentoring technicians.

Key responsibilities include prioritizing work, coordinating handoffs, and leading continuous improvement efforts with a focus on GDP-compliant manufacturing of complex devices.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with 6–8 years in manufacturing or related field.
• Experience with GDP in medical devices or complex electromechanical capital equipment.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production floor activities to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Assign priorities; mentor, coach, and develop technicians.
• Coordinate shift handoffs and communicate priorities, risks, and issues.
• Represent floor in performance meetings and operational reviews.
• Monitor progress; escalate staffing, materials, equipment, quality, and schedule issues.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Leadership

SAP/MES proficiency

Electrical/Mechanical

Education

Associate degree + 6–8 yrs exp

Eng/Mechatronics degree + 6–8 yrs exp

Tools

GDP knowledge

ESD/anti-static

Job description

Manufacturing Lead (Ottava Production Team)

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production floor activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.


• Assign/coordinate technician priorities; mentor, coach, and develop technicians.


• Facilitate shift handoffs; communicate status, priorities, risks, and critical issues.


• Represent the floor in performance meetings and operational reviews.


• Monitor progress and proactively elevate staffing, material, equipment, quality, and schedule issues.


• Ensure adherence to manufacturing procedures, quality standards, safety requirements, and training compliance.


• Verify training/qualification prior to work execution.


• Maintain proficiency across at least five subassemblies; provide technical guidance.


• Troubleshoot electrical/mechanical/software issues; support root-cause analysis and corrective actions.


• Create/review/release work orders in MES/ERP (when required); maintain material transactions and cycle counts.


• Support quality improvement, hazardous waste handling, calibration/safety standards, Kaizen/Lean projects.


• Lead alignment across shifts/departments; initiate/investigate/close Incident Reports (IRs) and Nonconformances (NCs).

Qualifications

• Associate degree + 6–8 years related experience, or engineering/mechatronics degree + 6–8 years.


• Manufacturing Technician experience (Type II/III medical devices or complex electromechanical capital equipment) with GDP.


• Advanced electrical/mechanical troubleshooting (multimeter, isolation); leadership and mentoring experience.


• SAP and MES/ERP proficiency; assembly/test competence; ESD/anti-static knowledge.


• Read mechanical/technical writing; use tools (torque wrenches, screwdrivers, multimeters, IPA, presses, Loctite).


• Strong communication and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• NPI builds and change management in regulated manufacturing; Lean/Kaizen participation.


• Six Sigma Yellow Belt (or similar); structured problem-solving tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC-lite).


• Experience training/certifying technicians across modules.

Benefits

• Benefits (time off): Vacation, sick time, holiday/floating holidays, work/personal/family time, parental leave, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time-off (per stated hour/day amounts).