Director of Manufacturing Strategy
Oklo · Santa Clara, CA or Remote
Posted 2 days ago · $170,000-$220,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 2 days Oklo's roles stay open a median of 64 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 99% of Oklo's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Oklo
- high 74 stale, 5 reposted of 105 open
- Hiring momentum
- 131 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Oklo's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Oklo.
About this role
The Director of Manufacturing Strategy at Oklo will lead the development and refinement of manufacturing systems to support ambitious product deployment plans. This role involves collaborating with engineering and procurement teams to evaluate supplier capabilities, conduct make-vs-buy analyses, and create manufacturing roadmaps. The position focuses on strategic decision-making rather than direct factory management, requiring a blend of technical and commercial expertise.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Oklo as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, materials, aerospace, nuclear, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, industrialization, production engineering, supplier manufacturing, operations strategy, or a related hardware-manufacturing field, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate manufacturing processes, process capability, tooling, qualification, yield, cycle time, throughput, capacity, quality controls, and production risk.
- Experience supporting complex, low-volume or FOAK hardware through supplier selection, development, qualification, and transition toward repeatable production.
- Experience leading make-vs-buy, manufacturing-footprint, capacity, cost, or industrialization analyses with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to combine incomplete technical, commercial, and schedule information into practical recommendations and clearly state assumptions, tradeoffs, risks, and decision points.
Nice to have
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), master's degree in engineering, or equivalent commercial, finance, corporate strategy, or business-development experience.
- Experience in nuclear energy, aerospace, defense, semiconductors, energy systems, advanced industrial equipment, or another highly regulated hardware environment.
- Direct experience across both technical manufacturing and commercial or strategic decision-making, including should-cost analysis, total-cost modeling, capacity investment cases, or supplier business assessments.
- Experience with fabrication and special processes such as machining, welding, forming, casting, forging, additive manufacturing, heat treatment, coatings, nondestructive examination, or complex assembly.
- Experience scaling from prototype or FOAK builds into low-rate initial production and higher-rate manufacturing.
What you get
- Salary: $170,000-$220,000
- Competitive pay
- Equity
- Flexible time off
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
Worth weighing
- Role involves significant travel (approximately 25% of the time) to supplier sites and Oklo's headquarters, which may not suit all candidates.
- The position is hybrid, requiring both technical and commercial strategy skills, which may be challenging for those with a purely technical background.
- The job description emphasizes a startup culture, which may not align with candidates who prefer structured environments.
Summarised from Oklo's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Oklo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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