Director of Manufacturing - Flux Marine

Company Overview

Flux Marine is a high-growth marine technology start-up that is redesigning electric outboard motors from the ground up without using legacy combustion engine parts. This allows our motors to maximize efficiency and minimize maintenance without compromising performance vs gas engines. Our technology has applications across several areas including commercial, recreational, and military markets.

Job Overview

Flux Marine is seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead a team in developing, implementing, and optimizing production processes, ranging from DFMA reviews to line layout and fixture selection. The Director will work together with the design, test, and QC engineering teams to continually improve and iterate manufacturability, system reliability and production throughput. The Director will also be responsible for adopting Lean Six Sigma principles to reduce waste through the production process. We promote a hard work, high reward environment with tremendous opportunities for advancement within the company as we continue to scale. At Flux Marine, in addition to our competitive salary and benefits, our employees share in the company's success with our employee incentive stock option program.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Maintain strong technical understanding of the product design and manufacturing/assembly processes for electromechanical systems.
• Provide DFMA feedback to design engineers in alignment with company priorities and timelines
• Drive the team to meet production gateways on time and within budget. This will include line layout, tooling selection, capital equipment selection and commissioning
• Develop and maintain a roadmap of vertical integration for manufacturing processes
• Develop and track KPIs to report on progress and status of initiatives to management group
• Develop improvements to internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines

• Lead the manufacturing engineering team including their recruitment, development, and evaluation
• Drive the adoption of Lean Six Sigma principles across the production and fabrication process

Skills & Experience

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 7-10 years of professional engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience in developing manufacturing lines
• Experience with ERP system implementation
• Strong project management skills
• Familiar with ISO standards
• Experience with high voltage systems is a plus
• Experience working on DoD and federally funded projects is a plus

Equal Opportunity Notice

Flux Marine is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Flux Marine is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Flux Marine are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Flux Marine will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.