# Director of Manufacturing

> Elve Inc · Davis, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-24

**Salary:** USD 120,000–220,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Manufacturing

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Director of Manufacturing to work closely with the CEO and COO to scale and operate a world-class manufacturing operation. This is an opportunity to come in on the ground floor of a very fast-growing company with a dynamic and passionate team working on next generation wireless technology.

The Director of Manufacturing will be responsible for the following:

-   Lead and manage operations of Elve's factories producing mmWave power amplifiers
-   Take responsibility for product manufacturing and testing and KPIs to meet throughput and cost goals through the optimization and efficient operation of manufacturing processes.
-   Drive yield improvement and cost reductions in close cooperation with the engineering team
-   Design and stand up new production lines
-   At the appropriate time, implement manufacturing systems (e.g. MES)
-   Maintain ISO9001 certification and quality systems

## Requirements

**Required Qualifications**

-   BS in engineering, a STEM field, business, or similar
-   10+ years of experience leading manufacturing operations & production planning
-   5+ years managing people
-   Proven track record of scaling production of complex technology products
-   Familiarity with ISO9001 best practices
-   Experience operating a manufacturing facility and scaling the production of complex technology products to medium or high volumes
-   Impeccable organization and communication skills
-   Eagerness and ability to be onsite at Elve's factories in Davis, CA 5 days/week

**Preferred Qualifications**

-   Experience with ultra-high vacuum systems, RF and mmWave products, and working in high-volume, automated, tight-tolerance, and high cleanliness environments.
-   Experience working in fast-moving venture-backed companies
-   Experience designing and implementing data architectures, physical AI, and data + physical automation for manufacturing

## Benefits

Benefits Include:

-   The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $220,000 annually
-   Ownership of the company via stock options
-   Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
-   Generous vacation policy
-   Exposure to cutting-edge technology in vacuum electronics, materials science, and additive manufacturing and the opportunity to redefine an industry as part of a fast moving, high caliber startup team

### What it’s like to work at Elve

We are an expanding team, on a mission to bring the next generation of high-speed wireless connectivity to a billion people worldwide. That kind of impact is not going to be achieved with incremental improvements - we are gunning for orders of magnitude advances in production capability, cost, size, and power in the mm-wave RF amplifier market. We work really hard, make sure we get good sleep, handle conflict intentionally, and expect great things from each other.

## Apply

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