Job Description
Job Description
Reports to: Manufacturing Operation Lead
Classification: Exempt, Salaried, Full-time
Location: Allston, MA
Headcount: 1
Hiring start: July 13, 2026
Training / Certification required: ESD handling, solder certification, lithium battery safety
About the role
This is a hands-on, working supervisor role, not a desk job. We need someone who runs the floor by being on the floor: building product alongside the team, stepping into any station when we're short-staffed, and training new hires by doing the job with them. This role also takes the day-to-day floor management off our Manufacturing Engineer so she can focus on process and fixture work.
What you'll do
- Work the line yourself. Assemble, test, and pack product side by side with the team, not just from the sidelines
- Step in and cover any station when we're short-staffed or ramping:
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- Core: circuit board programming, testing, and assembly into housing
- Battery: battery-to-protection-circuit-board soldering, enclosure assembly, and test
- Charger: charger circuit board assembly to charge case enclosure, and test
- Mechanical Assembly
- Kitting
- Train new hires by doing the job with them, not just describing it
- Run the daily schedule across all stations
- Hire, manage, and coach production technicians
- Track output, yield, and downtime, and report status to leadership
- Enforce safety rules, especially around lithium batteries and soldering
- Work with the Manufacturing Engineer and Quality Inspector to fix problems on the line
- Own the training plan and keep certifications current (ESD handling, solder certification, battery safety)
What you need
Required
- 3 or more years of hands-on experience in an assembly or production role, including some time spent supervising others. This is not a background of management alone
- Willing and able to physically do the assembly, solder, and test work yourself, every day, not just direct it
- Experience managing hourly staff, including hiring, scheduling, and coaching
- Comfortable reading and enforcing written procedures (SOPs)
- Clear, direct communicator who can solve problems on the spot
- High volume production experience with the ability to fill any production role on the line
- Microelectronics soldering experience
- Willing to complete and maintain certifications: ESD handling, solder certification, lithium battery safety
Strongly preferred
- Direct experience configuring and using MRP or manufacturing order management systems
- Epoxy potting process experience
- Printed circuit board assembly In Circuit Test (ICT) process experience
- Pick-pack-ship hands-on experience
- GMP and Lean Manufacturing experience
A plus
- Experience with new-product introduction or small-batch production