Manufacturing Operations Manager

About the Role

NeuroBionics is hiring a Manufacturing Operations Manager to run the day-to-day engine that turns build plans into shipped hardware. This is a hands-on, working role: you'll own manufacturing execution, personally run in-process and final inspection, drive process optimization, manage 1-2 manufacturing operators, own inventory, and hold purchasing authority over your critical build vendors.

Responsibilities

• Run manufacturing execution and labor planning
• Establish and operate a weekly build plan + daily execution cadence, with clear priorities, WIP visibility, and rapid blocker removal
• Lead and develop a team of 1-2 manufacturing operators: staffing plans, onboarding, training, schedules, and performance expectations
• Partner with Engineering and Quality to ensure builds follow the right revs, specs, and release criteria
• Own inspection and process optimization
• Run in-process and final inspection end-to-end, operating within the quality system and partnering with Quality on release criteria
• Drive continuous improvement on the floor: attack yield, cycle time, and variation with standard work, checklists, and 5S where it earns its keep
• Reduce rework, expedites, and tribal-knowledge dependencies
• Own inventory and critical build-vendor purchasing
• Stand up practical inventory systems: item-master hygiene, min/max or reorder points, cycle counts, shortage visibility
• Hold purchasing authority for critical build vendors — quotes, POs, confirmations, delivery tracking, and escalation — so parts arrive on time for the build
• Keep BOM-related purchasing aligned with Engineering as designs change
• Cook up practical systems that reduce chaos
• Define and maintain an early order-to-ship workflow, including documentation and handoffs

Qualifications

• 5+ years in operations/manufacturing in medtech (startup preferred) or a closely regulated hardware environment
• A track record of moving fast under constraint — hitting aggressive timelines and driving cross-functional work to closure. Be ready to walk through specific examples
• Hands-on experience owning in-process and final inspection end-to-end and process optimization in a hardware/manufacturing setting (yield, cycle time, standard work, in-process quality checks). You'll be the inspection owner, not a backstop to one
• Demonstrated experience taking at least one product from development into production (or an equivalent production ramp)
• Strong working knowledge of inventory control and vendor/purchasing management for manufacturing inputs in a hardware setting
• Comfortable being the close-to-the-floor lead for a small operation (1-2 direct reports), running inspection and process work directly — not just managing people
• High attention to detail and disciplined execution (revisions, parts, traceability basics)

Preferred

• MEDICAL DEVICE STARTUP EXPERIENCE (OR SIMILARLY RESOURCE-CONFINED, HIGH-AMBIQUITY SETTING)
• FAMILIARITY WITH ISO 13485 / DESIGN CONTROLS / BASIC QUALITY SYSTEM CONCEPTS — YOU WON'T BE THE QE, BUT YOU OPERATE INSIDE THE SYSTEM AND RUN INSPECTION WITHIN IT
• EXPERIENCE WITH EARLY-STAGE MRP/ERP TOOLS, OR BUILDING MRP-LIGHT PROCESSES IN SPREADSHEETS AND TRANSLATING BUILD PLANS INTO PURCHASING ACTIONS
• LOCAL BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE VENDOR AND STAFFING NETWORK

Working Conditions

This position will be on-site at our various locations in Somerville and Cambridge, MA.

What we offer

• Opportunity to learn and work for a mission-driven, VC-backed, MIT-spinoff on one of the most impactful problems that can change lives
• Competitive and experience-guided compensation and meaningful equity stake
• 3 weeks flexible PTO + 1.5 week company shutdown
• Full benefits plan including:
• Health, dental and vision insurance covered at 100%
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Parental & Medical Leave
• Life and Long-term Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Health & wellness benefit