Production Manager (f/m/d)

Your contribute to a #zerodowntimefuture

The Production Manager is responsible for owning Stratio’s hardware and derivatives production process end-to-end. You will be responsible for ensuring that the manufacturing process runs smoothly, reliably, efficiently and with quality.

You’ll be joining the Embedded Systems & Hardware team responsible for developing our IoT device, implementing both hardware and firmware architectures, ensuring the performance and integrity of our product.

As Production Manager you will

• Liaise with Hardware Engineers and upper management to understand requirements and goals;
  
• Create, monitor and adjust assembly procedures and related documentation;
  
• Estimate costs, prepare deliverables, plan and monitor production;
  
• Estimate, negotiate and agree budgets and timescales with suppliers and upper management;
  
• Define timeline for production and ensure it’s met, doing adjustments as needed;
  
• Order materials/components and source alternatives;
  
• Do procurement and qualification of new PCBA suppliers;
  
• Ensure output meets quality standards;
  
• Coordinate and support the development of production test jigs and quality control setups;
  
• Communicate regularly with upper management regarding problems or issues impacting production;
  
• Maintain a close communication with stakeholders and suppliers regarding production status,collecting metrics that provide compliance evidence for the defined quality metrics, and define follow-up action plans.

This is what we believe is needed for this role

• Experience leading manufacturing processes of IoT products (3+ years);
  
• Track record of effective budgeting and supplier negotiation;
  
• Experience in the definition and reporting on key production metrics;
  
• Excellent communication and organizational skills;
  
• Attention to detail;
  
• Strong decision-making skills and a results-driven approach;
  
• Be available to go to the manufacturer and Stratio’s office 25% of the time (1 week per month, as necessary) for onsite activities;
  
• Fluency in English.
  
  

Bonus points

• BSc. or MSc in Electronics Engineer or similar field;
  
• Experience in the Automotive industry;
  
• Automotive interest.
  
  

We expect you to

1 month:

• Get to know your team;
  
• Get to know your stakeholders;
  
• Understand the current production process and internal owners.

3 months:

• Take ownership of our IoT production process;
  
• Identify bottlenecks/blockers;
  
• Start revising our internal process for cabling production.

6 months:

• Having a plan for the internal process of cabling manufacturing;
  
• Take ownership of the cable production process;
  
• Be responsible for negotiating with our production partners;
• Identify potential gains with new strategy (e.g. buying components might mean a huge cost save compared to offloading all to the factory, or not).

What we offer

• Health Insurance;
  
• Fringe Benefits Policy;
  
• Flexible Work Hours - adjust your schedule to your needs;
• Flexible Work Setup - hybrid or onsite - you’re free to choose what works best for you;
• Monthly All-Hands;
  
• Quarterly Events to discuss Strategy;
  
• Autonomy and Ownership Culture;
  
• Continuous feedback culture;
  
• Innovation Mindset;
  
• Career Acceleration.

Location

• Coimbra / Hybrid

What you can expect from our hiring process

• Screening call with HR

• 1st Interview (1h)
  HR and Hiring Manager
  We want to get to know you better and navigate through your experience, skills and motivation.
  

• Technical Interview (1-2h)
  Hardware and Hardware & Embedded Systems team members
  This stage includes a technical challenge. There will be a follow-up conversation to discuss it and assess your technical knowledge.
  

• Cultural Fit Interview (1h)
  HR Manager and Founder
  Validate the cultural fit between you and Stratio and make sure you’re the person we’re looking for to help us build a #zerodowntimefuture.
  

• Hiring Proposal

References may be required at any stage of the recruitment process.

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About Stratio

Stratio is the World’s Leading Real-time Predictive Fleet Maintenance Platform. The company's proprietary technology combines large-scale processing with the latest machine learning techniques to prevent hundreds of thousands of breakdowns from happening every day, thus saving millions of people from the hassle of public transportation delays, postponed deliveries, or late arrival of essential goods.

Stratio’s platform enables zero downtime for 5 of the 10 largest transportation companies in the world and, in 2021, raised an investment of $12 million to boost leadership in predictive fleet maintenance. Fleet operators in Europe, North America, Asia-pacific, and Latin America trust Stratio’s technology to fully leverage the data under the hood to safeguard operations, and keep customers happy. Stratio’s technology has enabled transportation for 1.3 billion people so far.

We want inspiring individuals in our teams, where age, race, gender, sexual orientation, politics and religion do not matter, and seek to create a tolerant and open space for everyone. We thrive to provide an inclusive and trustworthy environment.

You can find our Culture Manifesto and more team information here.


Take the road with us!

Department

Embedded Systems and Hardware Engineering

Role

Hardware Engineer

Locations

Portugal

Remote status

Hybrid Remote

Employment type

Full-time

Employment level

Mid-Senior Level