Robot Production Manager

About the role

You'll run the floor that builds our robots. Our production process spans machining, wire harness fabrication, actuator subassembly, final assembly, and end-of-line test, and your job is to make it run predictably: robots finished on schedule, built to spec, by a team that knows what good work looks like. You'll work closely with engineering & design teams and own day-to-day execution so the manufacturing organization can keep improving the process while you deliver this week's builds.

Responsibilities

• Own the build schedule: plan weekly production, sequence work across stations, and hit delivery dates.
• Manage the production team day to day: Coordinate a team of machinists and assembly technicians: staffing, scheduling, training, and performance.
• Run daily standups and shift coordination, keeping every station socked, staffed and unblocked.
• Develop assembly processes: Establish and continuously improve assembly procedures, work instructions, quality checkpoints, and production workflows.
• Track and report production metrics: Units per week, First pass yield, cycle time per station, rework and scrap trends.
• Maintain process discipline: Work instructions followed, deviations documented and no undocumented workarounds in the shop.
• Inventory management: Maintaining supply of parts, planning around part shortages to avoid schedule impact.
• Own build quality: Ensure every robot meets Weave’s quality standards through robust inspection, testing, and process controls. Escalate quality issues to engineering and design teams.
• Build the team: Onboard new technicians and build the training matrix so every station has qualified operators.
• Build a craftsmanship culture: Foster a culture where attention to detail, ownership, and continuous improvement are core expectations.
• Bridge engineering and production: Ensure that every build teaches us something—feeding manufacturing insights back into engineering so every generation of robot is easier to build, more reliable, and higher quality.

Requirements

• Manufacturing leadership: 3+ years leading assembly, manufacturing, or production teams building complex electromechanical products.
• Technical aptitude: Strong understanding of mechanical assemblies, manufacturing documentation, bills of materials, and engineering drawings.
• Hands-on leadership: Comfortable spending time on the production floor coaching technicians, solving problems, and improving processes alongside the team.
• Partner with engineering: Work closely with mechanical, electrical, robotics, and manufacturing engineers to improve manufacturability, assembly time, and product reliability.
• Strong people leadership with technician teams: hiring, training, coaching, and holding a bar for quality of work.

Nice to have

• Experience working with robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, or other high-volume electromechanical products.
• Experience supporting contract manufacturers or overseas production.
• Hands on experience as a technician or machinist before moving into leadership.
• Familiarity with lean production methods applied at small scale.