Director of Manufacturing StrategyNew$170K–$220K

Oklo
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The opportunity

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Director of Manufacturing Strategy to join our team.

What you'll do

  • Own Oklo's enterprise manufacturing strategy, connecting product and: deployment plans to executable manufacturing pathways across external suppliers and internal fabrication.

  • Lead cross-functional make-vs-buy analyses and recommendations using: technical feasibility, supplier capability and capacity, lead time, cost, quality, schedule risk, capital requirements, intellectual property, and long-term scalability.

  • Build decision frameworks and provide supply-market intelligence to the: Strategy team so alternative manufacturing scenarios can be modeled with credible assumptions and sensitivities.

  • Partner with Responsible Engineers during FOAK execution to define supplier: manufacturing strategies, review process plans, identify manufacturability risks, and improve the likelihood of delivering conforming hardware on schedule.

  • Assess suppliers' manufacturing processes, equipment, workforce, quality: systems, special-process controls, qualification paths, current loading, surge capacity, and ability to meet Oklo's forecast production rates.

  • Translate supplier assessments into actionable technical recommendations for: Engineering and clear capability guidance for Procurement, while preserving Procurement's ownership of commercial negotiations, contracts, and supplier relationships.

What they're looking for

  • Identify critical manufacturing constraints and fragile supply-chain nodes;: develop mitigation options such as alternate processes, supplier development plans, second sources, design changes, phased capacity investments, or selective insourcing.
  • Support technical vetting and due diligence of potential suppliers alongside: Engineering, Quality, and Procurement, including site visits, process reviews, readiness assessments, and production-rate validation.
  • Develop industrialization and manufacturing-readiness roadmaps that bridge: FOAK builds to repeatable production, including learning-curve assumptions, yield and throughput improvement, tooling, automation, qualification, and capacity ramps.
  • Establish and track manufacturing-strategy metrics and decision milestones: related to lead time, cost, quality, capacity, scalability, risk retirement, and make-vs-buy outcomes.