Atomic Machines

Senior Manager, Machine Shop

Emeryville, California · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$225kDetected 5 days ago

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About the role

The Senior Manager, Machine Shop is accountable for building, scaling, and continuously improving Atomic Machines' prototype machining capability as a strategic engineering asset.
The Director should be technically credible with machining, CAM, DFM, metrology, and fabrication processes, but the primary expectation is organizational leadership, systems design, budget ownership, and executive-level communication - not default hands-on machining.

Lead the Emeryville Machine Shop
Own day-to-day shop operations, priorities, staffing, and execution.
Build, manage, and develop a strong team of machinists and shop personnel.
Create a safe, organized, high-quality prototype shop environment.
Partner closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Facilities, Safety, Finance, and leadership.
Build the Systems to Run the Shop
Create metrics and forecasting tools to understand capacity, demand, throughput, quality, and bottlenecks.
Improve turnaround time, quality, reliability, and engineering support.
Build a culture where machinists and engineers work together early and regularly on DFM.
Create lightweight DFM processes that improve designs without slowing down the shop.

10+ years in machining, prototype manufacturing, or advanced hardware operations, including 5+ years leading teams or managers in a technical shop environment.
Demonstrated experience scaling a prototype shop, production-adjacent manufacturing function, or technical operations group through systems, staffing, and capital planning.
Experience owning operating metrics, budgets, equipment procurement, vendor strategy, and cross-functional execution with Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Facilities, and Safety.
Ability to communicate from shop floor detail to executive-level strategy, including written business cases and operational reviews.
Proven experience operating or scaling a high-quality prototype shop or advanced R&D manufacturing environment, not only a transactional job shop.
Demonstrated ability to institutionalize DFM and engineer-shop collaboration across a team without creating meeting overload or slowing urgent prototype work.
This role owns the shop operating model, leadership structure, safety and compliance system, capacity planning, capital roadmap, vendor strategy, and cross-site coordination required to support rapid hardware iteration.

Education in engineering, manufacturing, machining, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent experience considered.

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