Factory Manager

This is a hands-on, on-site leadership role and the single point of accountability for everything that leaves the cell. You will direct what is built and to what standard, while our manufacturing partner manages its own production workforce.

Key responsibilities

Production and delivery

• Own daily production planning and output for the cell against the agreed monthly build plan.

• Oversee the SMT and assembly process end to end: pick-and-place, reflow, stencil printing, AOI, through-hole, and hand assembly, ensuring each step meets specification.

• Coordinate with the manufacturing partners production supervisor so that assembled and tested output meets our specification, quality standard, and schedule.

• Raise and manage build orders and maintain the build cascade in the inventory and ERP system.

Quality and release

• Own every quality gate, from incoming inspection through in-process checks, functional test, optical and focus calibration, and final QC.

• Hold final release and dispatch authority: no unit ships without your sign-off.

• Exercise stop-line authority wherever quality, security, or process integrity is at risk.

• Maintain quality records and drive corrective and preventive action on defects and yield.

Security and cryptographic key custody

• Serve as custodian of the products cryptographic key material, including controlled storage and the end-of-day key archival to the companys secure cloud vault, with daily reporting of device counts and archive confirmation to the CTO.

• Be trained and authorised as the backup operator for the secure provisioning and flashing process.

• Enforce access control and role-based access to the cell and to the provisioning, key-upload, and design workstations.

Material and inventory

• Own material inwarding at the facility: receive components, capture them into the inventory system, and hold custody of high-value modules under controlled storage.

• Maintain lot and serial traceability across components, sub-assemblies, and finished goods, and keep stock reconciled.

Compliance and audit

• Own the manufacturing audit file and keep the cell audit-ready at all times: access logs, traceability, ESD compliance, counterfeit-mitigation controls, and record retention.

• Act as the companys on-site point of contact for certification and regulatory audits.

Team and coordination

• Lead Stellarviews on-site provisioning and flashing team, and coordinate day to day with the partners supervisor and with the Operations and CTO functions in Pune.

Required qualifications and experience

• 5 to 8 years in SMT and electronics manufacturing, with hands-on experience running SMT production and assembling electronic products.

• Strong, practical command of the SMT line: pick-and-place, reflow, stencil and solder-paste printing, AOI, and changeover, plus through-hole and hand assembly.

• Experience with PCBA build quality and electronics functional testing, including reading defects and driving yield improvement.

• Demonstrated ownership of quality systems, traceability, and audit or certification readiness.

• High personal integrity and documentation discipline: this role holds cryptographic keys and signs product releases.

• Able to work independently on-site within a partners facility and to coordinate across organisations.

• Based in, or willing to be based full-time in, Noida and the wider Delhi-NCR region.

Preferred (nice to have)

• Experience setting up, qualifying, or transferring an SMT line, including feeder setup, reflow-profile tuning, and managing changeovers between products.

• Hands-on experience with fine-pitch and small-package placement, for example 0201, and the inspection and quality control that goes with it.

• Exposure to regulated or security-certified electronics manufacturing, for example STQC, BIS, or similar schemes.

• Familiarity with secure device provisioning, Linux-based flashing tools, or cryptographic key handling. Training will be provided.

• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems and with an inventory, ERP, or traceability system.

Authority

• Final quality release and dispatch authority for the cell.

• Stop-line authority on quality, security, or process-integrity grounds.

• Custodian authority over cryptographic key material and controlled storage.

• On-site representative authority for the company with the manufacturing partner.

What success looks like in the first six months

• The cell runs to plan at the agreed monthly volume with reliable on-time delivery.

• First-pass yield is tracked, understood, and improving.

• Every shipment is fully traceable and audit-ready, with zero key-handling incidents.

• Clean, repeatable daily and end-of-day routines are documented and in place.

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