- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Santa ClaraCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Dec 5, 2025
- Salary
- $200,000–$270,000 a year
Full-time
Head, Manufacturing
Job description
We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.
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Job responsibilities
- Lead vehicle manufacturing operations across production ramp and high-volume execution for Gatik’s autonomous freight fleet.
- Own relationships with external contract manufacturing partners, driving quality, throughput, cost optimization, and schedule performance.
- Own factory floor planning, line layout, and production process optimization to ensure efficient throughput, space utilization, and overall manufacturing flow.
- Develop and execute long-term manufacturing and quality strategies, establishing scalable production systems aligned with regulatory and safety standards.
- Lead field retrofit and upgrade programs for vehicles already in operation, coordinating service, engineering, and manufacturing teams.
- Support critical service & maintenance escalations, ensuring rapid response for complex hardware repairs or recalls.
- Define and enforce build documentation, manufacturing procedures, and quality processes using automotive industry best practices.
- Establish best-in-class standards for the installation, integration, and verification of automotive electronics, harnessing, compute platforms, sensors, and electrical subsystems.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, or a closely related discipline.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership in scaling vehicle or complex hardware production environments.
- Proven leadership experience building and running manufacturing organizations within automotive, EV, AV, robotics, or complex hardware platforms.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing manufacturing and quality strategies that enable scale and operational reliability.
- Deep experience managing contract manufacturing partners and multi-vendor production networks.
- Hands-on background with vehicle electronics integration, harnessing, sensor mounting, and subsystem verification.
- Strong track record leading Quality teams and establishing robust quality management systems.
- Ability to drive cost improvement, efficiency gains, and production scalability.