Agility Robotics · 3 hours ago
Senior Director, Operations
Salem, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expAgility Robotics is a pioneer in robotics, known for their innovative robot, Digit. The Senior Director of Operations will lead and optimize the Production, Service, and Manufacturing Engineering departments to ensure operational excellence and the consistent delivery of high-quality products and services.
Industrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringRobotics
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop and execute operational strategies that support company growth, efficiency, and profitability
Oversees the manufacturing engineering organization, including new-product introduction (NPI) and sustaining teams
Leads organization responsible for development of manufacturing and assembly bill-of-process for NPI products and ongoing efficiencies for sustaining products, ensuring optimized and standardized work instructions and operating procedures
Leads organization in ensuring safe, ergonomic, and efficient processes developed and implemented while maintaining production, quality, and reliability metrics
Leads manufacturing engineering organization in advanced technology development and implementation of novel and enhanced manufacturing and assembly processes to drive ongoing efficiency and quality standard improvements
Leads manufacturing engineering organization in design-for-manufacturing and design- for-assembly (DFx) optimization, partnering with product engineering organization on design changes and efficiencies. Oversees manufacturing engineering in tooling and fixture design for mass production, ensuring key production metrics achieved including mean-time-to-repair (MTTR) and mean-time-between-failures(MTBF)
Oversees the manufacture and assembly of components, sub-assemblies and products, ensuring production, performance, and quality standards are consistently met. Oversees the maintenance operating system, ensuring preventative and predictive maintenance actions and standards are met to achieve above standards. Responsible for both internal factory operations, as well as contract-manufacturing standards and adherence to process. Ensures standardized repair processes are followed and oversees the repair line
Oversees manufacturing execution system (MES) for maintaining shop-floor control and ensuring adherence to regulatory compliance requirements and quality control operating system
Oversees operations test engineering organization, responsible for production test installation, bring-up, gauge repeatability and reproducibility (R&R), setting mass production test specification range with product engineering, and ensures test cycle times and test fixtures fit mass production line layout and line speed
Oversees the refurbishment department, responsible for refurbishing returned customer products ensuring renewed performance and quality standards are consistently met. Oversees the facilities organization, ensuring company buildings and sites are safe and compliant to local codes
Leads product cost reductions to achieve cost targets related to non-materials constituents, including labor, consumables, scrap, rework and production capital equipment
Reviews production reports to ensure safety, quality, financial, and delivery goals and standards are met
Assists chief operations officer with long-range operating goals, expansion efforts, and implementation of new and advanced technology
Identifies and shares training opportunities for staff to build and improve skills
Organizes departmental management structure and teams for optimal, efficient operations
Works with the chief financial officer and finance department to develop the operating budget
Delivers progress and production reports to executive team members as requested
Supervises equipment purchase, maintenance, and layout
Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum 15 years of related experience and bachelor's degree in engineering
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and managerial skills
Thorough understanding of the policies and practices used in the manufacturing division
Ability to set long-term goals and communicate them to others
Ability to motivate and organize multiple efforts to accomplish goals
Benefits
401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Generous paid parental leave programs.
A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Company
Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics builds an efficient, agile, and robust legged platforms for real world applications.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$178.79MKey Investors
NVenturesSchaeffler GroupPlayground Global
2025-09-10Series C
2024-11-13Corporate Round
2022-04-22Series B· $150M
Leadership Team
Peggy Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Hurst
Co-Founder and Chief Robot Officer
Recent News
2026-01-11
Business Insider
2026-01-06
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