Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The Company is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to turn its manufacturing technology into a scalable manufacturing business. The COO will lead the design, build-out, and operation of commercial facilities, oversee manufacturing engineering, supply chain, production, assembly and testing, quality, facilities, and manufacturing partnerships, and make major decisions about sites, capital, capacity, and in-house versus partner production. The role also includes leading the People function and workforce planning, establishing operational metrics and processes, and partnering with engineering to expand manufacturing capabilities. As a member of the executive team, the COO will work with the CEO on strategy, planning, budgets, and operating cadence, and represent operations to the board, customers, and partners. Candidates should have 15 or more years of manufacturing and operations leadership experience, including executive responsibility for highly automated manufacturing and direct experience designing, building, and operating a facility. Prior experience as a COO, general manager, or equivalent leader across multiple functions is required, ideally in a hardware business scaling production. Applicants should bring experience with large budgets and capital plans, contract manufacturing partnerships, organizational growth, and building strong leadership teams and operational cultures. The role calls for first-principles thinking, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to represent operations to senior stakeholders. A bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or another rigorous engineering discipline is required.