Head of Manufacturing

Helicon

$150K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience with high volume composites processes
  • Strong understanding of physics and manufacturing fundamentals
  • Proven track record in engineering and operational excellence
  • Experience managing production lines with accountability for output and quality
  • Skilled at transitioning manufacturing processes from early builds to stable production

Responsibilities

  • Own production floor operations, ensuring adherence to delivery timelines
  • Establish, ramp up, and manage manufacturing lines for seamless production
  • Develop the operating system for production, including capacity planning and line balancing
  • Oversee equipment installation and commissioning for new manufacturing cells
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance throughput and on-time delivery
  • Collaborate with software engineers to integrate real manufacturing constraints into operational software

Benefits

  • No bureaucracy with freedom to innovate
  • Coverage for meals to fuel productivity
  • Funding for tools that enhance team performance
  • Opportunity to shape the future of composite manufacturing
Full Job Description
What You'll Do
  • Own the production floor end to end against delivery timelines
  • Stand up, ramp and run manufacturing lines from build readiness through steady-state production
  • Help build the operating system for production at Helicon: capacity planning, bottleneck management, line balancing, escalation paths and daily execution rhythms
  • Own equipment installation, procurement, commissioning and acceptance for new production cells and line expansions
  • Lead process development and continuous improvement to increase throughput, yield and on-time delivery
  • Collaborate with software engineers to encode real manufacturing constraints into Argos (our OS for supply chain, quoting, pricing, simulation)

Who We're Looking For

Need:
  • Experience with high volume composites processes
  • Strong understanding of first principles physics and manufacturing fundamentals
  • Proven track record of exceptional ability driven by engineering fundamentals
  • Experience owning production lines or cells with direct responsibility for output, quality and schedule
  • Experience ramping manufacturing processes from early builds into repeatable production
  • Ability to lead in both high-mix and high-volume environments, knowing when each requires different systems and decisions

Nice to have:
  • Experience going from manual to automated production lines
  • Experience skills integrating sensors, controls and mechanical systems
  • Experience building production teams, managing technicians and developing manufacturing leaders

We're not for you if:
  • You think composites will never be used at industrial scale
  • You're not looking for a role where you work with customers
  • You prefer advisory ownership to direct accountability for floor execution and delivery timelines

Why Join

Bethlehem for steel. Helicon for composites.

For too long the most advanced materials in the world have been left to the exquisite, we're industrializing composites enabling the systems of the future to be built at mass scale.

We want the best people and have no bureaucracy. That includes covering meals and paying for products that make you more productive and our partners stronger.

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