About the Role
You will be one of the first operational leaders at the company, helping turn deep machining expertise into a repeatable factory blueprint that can eventually scale across hundreds of locations. You will work directly with the founders to define the machine shop architecture, select equipment, standardize workflows, integrate automation, and build the team that runs the facility.
You do not need to be a 20-year machining veteran, but you do need enough domain depth to evaluate machinists and programmers, spot inefficiencies, and make sound decisions on tooling, fixturing, work holding, metrology, and production flow.
This role is for someone who wants to build the first version of a new kind of machine shop from the ground up.
What will you be doing?
- Design the operating blueprint for company first machine shop, including machine mix, tooling strategy, shop-floor workflows, automation roadmap, and staffing model
- Help select and configure the core production system, including 5-axis CNC machines, pallet loader systems, robot-on-rails workflows, tooling, fixturing, and work holding
- Drive an automation-first approach to machining operations, identifying every manual bottleneck that can be streamlined through robotics, software, probing, tool management, unattended machining, or better process design
- Own CNC process development for complex precision parts, including setup strategy, feeds and speeds, tooling decisions, fixturing, work holding, and coordination with CNC programmers
- Establish CMM inspection and metrology workflows that make quality repeatable, measurable, and integrated into the production loop
- Build and lead the early shop-floor team, including hiring, training, and evaluating machinists, CNC programmers, and future manufacturing operations hires
- Create the standards, SOPs, and culture for the shop, with a focus on high uptime, zero-defect quality, continuous improvement, and practical execution
- Partner directly with the founders on major technical and operational decisions, from million-dollar equipment purchases to the long-term factory model Even will replicate across future locations
Tech Stack
- 5-Axis CNC Milling
- CAM Programming
- CMM Metrology
- Robot-on-Rails
- Pallet Loader Systems
- GD&T
- AS9100
- ITAR