Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering & Facilities

Cypress, United States |

• Compensation The annual salary range for this position is from $$154,581 to $$209,139; salary is commensurate with level of experience.
• Industry Manufacturing
• City Cypress
• State/Province California
• Country United States
• Job Type Operations

About Us:

Sapphire Technologies delivers power and cooling to energy infrastructure. Our Free Spin ® In-line Turboexpander recovers the energy wasted when high-pressure gas is stepped down, converting it into clean electricity and low-temperature cooling. To better serve our customers in the data center industry, we are now expanding our high-speed turbo-machinery offerings into oil-free compressors for chilling applications.

Our hands-on engineering team takes products from concept to field deployment, with work spanning rotating machinery, power electronics, controls, and systems integration.

We are a mission-driven organization with one common goal: building a more sustainable world. Our employees are our biggest asset, and we are looking for change agents to join us on our journey.

Position Summary:

Sapphire Technologies is seeking a hands-on leader to buildand lead the manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, and facilities capabilities required to support the company's growth. This role is responsible for developing the production system, including manufacturing processes,facility layout, assembly and test infrastructure, tooling, equipment, capacity planning, technical documentation, and equipment reliability.

The position supports industrialization and production of complex electro-mechanical equipment, including rotating machinery and associated electrical systems. It translates product designs and business requirements into safe, repeatable, and scalable manufacturing methods and factory infrastructure. This role also leads integrated planning for production, testing, material flow, offices, and customer-facing areas.

This is a functional leadership role with significant hands-on involvement and will shape how an emerging energy-technology business builds and scales its manufacturing capabilities. The successful candidate will influence manufacturing decisions early in product development and have adirect impact on factory readiness, capacity, product quality, cost, and operational performance. It does not directly manage production operators orown daily production scheduling at this time and will be responsible for hiringand interviewing for future roles in Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Industrial Engineering as we continue to scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and Manage the manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, and facilities function in alignment with product, production, and growth plans.
• Develop and Manage a phased roadmap for manufacturing capability, facility readiness, equipment investment, process improvement, and technical staffing.
• Establish and Manage process flows, assembly sequences, routings, work instructions, tooling requirements, and production-readiness criteria.
• Partner with Design Engineering on design formanufacturability and assembly, including accessibility, tolerances, assembly methods, serviceability, and testability.
• Plan and support pilot and production-intent builds, resolve manufacturing-readiness issues, and incorporate lessons learned into products and processes.
• Own the integrated facility plan for manufacturing, testing, material flow, equipment, storage, office,collaboration, and customer-facing areas.
• Define operational requirements for facility utilities, high-power electrical infrastructure, production test systems,lifting and handling equipment, environmental conditions, and supporting services.
• Develop capacity models and evaluate bottlenecks, labor content, line balance, material movement, work-in-process,ergonomics, and space utilization.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma manufacturing methods,standardized work, visual management, 5S, and structured continuous improvement.
• Manage the specification, technical evaluation,installation, commissioning, and production hand-off of tooling, fixtures,equipment, and manufacturing test infrastructure.
• Develop and Manage capital and facilities projects, including scope, cost, schedule, supplier performance, commissioning,and operational acceptance.
• Support supplier APQP and PPAP through manufacturing-feasibility reviews, process-risk assessments, validation evidence, technical transfers, and production-readiness…