Supervisor, Production

About the role

The Supervisor, Production oversees the manufacturing of high-voltage battery systems and powertrain subassemblies. This includes battery packs, harnesses, motors, and other electromechanical systems. The role requires a strong focus on safety, quality, delivery, and productivity, while also leading a team of production technicians.

Responsibilities

• Owning the safety, quality, delivery, and productivity performance of the Battery, Electrical Systems, and Mechanical subs manufacturing area, ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining exceptional workmanship standards.
• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of production technicians responsible for battery pack assembly, high-voltage systems, harnessing, motors, and electromechanical subassemblies.
• Executing the daily production plan by balancing labor, removing constraints, and ensuring material, tooling, and engineering support are in place to meet schedule.
• Partnering closely with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Production leadership to rapidly resolve technical issues and enable production at scale.
• Driving structured root cause analysis for electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing issues, implementing robust corrective actions that improve first-pass yield and long-term reliability.
• Continuously improving assembly processes, tooling, ergonomics, workstation layouts, and standard work to improve safety, quality, throughput, and labor efficiency.
• Leading implementation of engineering changes, process updates, and new product introductions while minimizing disruption to production.
• Maintaining rigorous standards for high-voltage safety, workmanship, ESD controls, tooling readiness, inventory accuracy, and overall manufacturing discipline.
• Developing future team leads while helping build a scalable manufacturing organization capable of supporting production growth and efficiency.
• Fostering a culture of ownership, excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement through daily coaching and hands-on leadership on the production floor.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.
• Prior experience in leading a team or a project.
• Willingness to get hands-on with build projects as needed.
• Ability to be flexible and get creative to keep complex projects moving forward.
• This is an active role that will require consistent physical activity, including the ability to lift up to 50lbs and stand for a majority of the shift.

Bonus Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in a supervisory role in manufacturing.
• Previous experience leading production technicians or manufacturing teams in a fast-paced production environment.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain to solve technical production challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to lead structured problem solving using data and root cause analysis to improve safety, quality, and manufacturing performance.
• Comfortable interpreting engineering documentation including drawings, work instructions, BOMs, and manufacturing process documentation.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable pushing an intense but sustainable pace.
• Enthusiasm for boating and clean energy.

Pay

The base salary for this role is M1: $120,000. M2: $140,000 annually.

Schedule

This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.