Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add recent capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power.

Responsibilities

- Lead Mainspring's industrialization strategy from prototype through volume production.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on capacity planning, capital investments, organizational growth, and long-term manufacturing strategy.
- Build, develop, and mentor leaders across NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Technical Documentation, and Engineering Change Management.
- Lead organizational design, workforce planning, and capability development across the industrialization organization.
- Own industrialization performance metrics and drive improvements in product quality, manufacturing readiness, launch execution, capacity/throughput, budget, Capex tracking, and cost including scrap/waste reduction and efficiency gains
- Drive cross-functional execution to ensure successful product launches that meet quality, cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
- Establish manufacturing readiness processes, launch governance, and industrialization best practices.
- Partner with Product Engineering to drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Test (DFT) initiatives.
- Establish the systems, processes, and organizational capabilities required to support scalable, high-quality manufacturing growth.
- Establish governance for engineering change management and configuration control to ensure product integrity, manufacturing stability, and operational agility.
- Partner with internal manufacturing operations and external manufacturing partners to develop scalable production strategies and global industrialization capabilities.
- Ensure manufacturing processes, test systems, and documentation support world‑class product quality, reliability, and customer outcomes.




- Drive operational excellence through process standardization, automation, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
- Ownership of factory capacity expansion and capex development and deployment

Requirements

- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 15+ years of experience in manufacturing, NPI, industrialization, product operations, or production engineering.
- 10+ years of experience leading managers and multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
- Proven success building and leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations through multiple product launches, production ramps, and periods of rapid growth.
- Experience managing annual operating plans, capital investment strategies, and organizational growth.
- Demonstrated success launching complex electromechanical products from development through volume production, including leading manufacturing readiness and factory start-up activities across geographically distributed and/or international manufacturing locations
- Experience scaling manufacturing operations in high-growth technology and industrial product companies.
- Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, production test systems, engineering change management, and product lifecycle management.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
- Experience with PLM, ERP, MES, and quality management systems.
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business.
- Experience in energy systems, industrial equipment, automotive, aerospace, or other complex hardware industries.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and global supply chains.
- Familiarity with automated production equipment, controls systems, and industrial software.
- Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma certification.
- Experience scaling operation remotely from live or sit.

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