Production Lead
On-site · Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead the Production/Manufacturing function to transition Archangel Lightworks' free-space optical communication products from prototype to serial production. Build and lead facilities, tooling, processes, and supply chain; own repeat manufacturing, including assembly, alignment, calibration, and test of deployable optical ground station products. Own production planning and delivery, ensuring schedules, capacity, and resource plans enable on-time delivery to internal and external customers. Establish and champion end-to-end quality control and production assurance processes to ensure product quality. Collaborate with R&D, systems engineering, procurement, and customer-facing teams in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years' experience
- Experience transitioning from product to serial production, ideally in a startup environment
- Experience establishing and scaling manufacturing operations, including facilities, production processes, tooling, equipment, and workforce development
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing planning, capacity planning, resource planning, and production scheduling
- Experience implementing manufacturing documentation systems including work instructions, assembly procedures, manufacturing records, and configuration control
- Proven track record of developing and managing supplier and contract manufacturing relationships
- Experience establishing and maintaining quality management and production assurance processes
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment with evolving priorities
- Location: on-site in Osney Mead, Oxford
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