The Role
Manage production operations in a fast-paced deeptech startup, focusing on process optimization, cost, quality, and team leadership. Coordinate with cross-functional teams for effective supply chain management.
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About Alta Ares
Production Operations Management
RequirementsCandidate Profile
Alta Ares is a deeptech startup founded in 2024, developing real-time AI solutions for defense operations (ISR, C-UAS). Our primary customers are NATO-aligned armed forces, with frequent deployments in real-world operational exercises.
Our products include:
- Real-time AI ISR module deployable on drones and tactical platforms
- Counter-UAS solution enabling autonomous drone takeover in GNSS-denied environments
- Full-stack MLOps platform for training and deploying military-grade AI models
- Data fusion and trajectory prediction systems
Production Operations Management
- Lead and manage day-to-day production operations (planning, capacity, resources)
- Ensure efficient execution of production schedules aligned with business priorities
- Anticipate and mitigate operational bottlenecks
- Design, implement, and continuously improve production processes
- Drive efficiency, scalability, and reliability across manufacturing workflows
- Contribute to the industrialization of new products (NPI – New Product Introduction)
- Ensure production meets cost, timeline, and quality objectives
- Implement and enforce quality standards and best practices
- Continuously improve production performance and output reliability
- Supervise production teams and technicians
- Foster a strong execution culture focused on accountability and performance
- Coordinate cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and operations teams
- Manage coordination with procurement and logistics teams
- Ensure availability of components and materials for production
- Align production planning with supply chain constraints
- Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for production
- Track production metrics and drive data-informed decision making
- Ensure full traceability of products and manufacturing operations
RequirementsCandidate Profile
You are a hands-on Production Manager with experience in fast-paced, high-performance environments. You are comfortable building and scaling production systems, optimizing processes, and leading teams under demanding operational constraints.
Core Skills- Experience managing production or manufacturing operations (ideally in hardware, robotics, or aerospace)
- Strong understanding of production planning, capacity management, and process optimization
- Proven ability to deliver on cost, quality, and timelines
- Experience leading teams of technicians or operators
- Familiarity with supply chain, procurement, and logistics coordination
- Experience defining and tracking KPIs and production metrics
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to operate in dynamic, fast-moving environments
- Experience in drone, robotics, or defense-related industries
- Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) and scaling production
- Familiarity with quality standards and traceability systems
- Background in industrial engineering or manufacturing systems
- Experience in startup or high-growth environments
Skills Required
- Experience managing production or manufacturing operations
- Strong understanding of production planning, capacity management, and process optimization
- Proven ability to deliver on cost, quality, and timelines
- Experience leading teams of technicians or operators
- Familiarity with supply chain, procurement, and logistics coordination
- Experience defining and tracking KPIs and production metrics
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to operate in dynamic, fast-moving environments
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The Company
What We Do
Alta Ares is a deeptech startup that develops AI-powered computer vision and autonomous systems for defense operations, including real-time ISR and counter-UAS solutions.
