Production Lead

Luminar is a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. For the past decade, Luminar has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable its more than 50 industry partners, including the majority of global automotive OEMs. From Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz for consumer vehicles and Daimler Trucks for commercial trucks, to tech partners NVIDIA and Intel’s Mobileye, Luminar is poised to be the first automotive technology company to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles.

For more information please visit www.luminartech.com.

The Production Lead shall be responsible for overseeing team members and ensuring an efficient operation in achieving business targets. Provides leadership and line management to the team, coordinates their workloads, provides support to ensure that the team delivers, monitors and resolves issues and ensures production targets, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and quality standards are met to meet the requirements of the customer.This position reports to the Production Area Manager.

Responsibilities 

• Coordinates resources to ensure they are applied in an efficient and effective manner to support the delivery, quality and safety requirements
• Ensures team members follow defined manufacturing procedures and meet quality standards
• Ensures full adherence to 6S (Safety, Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, always Sustain) practices
• Ensures equipment is within calibration standards and all systems are functioning correctly prior to the any start on the build
• Ensures that the escalation procedure for quality concerns is followed
• Ensures achievement of production throughput against stated capacity targets
• Ensures the team are aware of day-to-day targets and responsibilities
• Ensures required data is capture in a timely manner, with accuracy, to ensure proper traceability by using manufacturing tools like: Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Jira Tickers or spread sheets
• Follows scrap process standards to dispose of non-conforming material in a timely manner
• Communicates roadblocks to the production area manager that may impede meeting customers’ demands, such as product faults due to quality assurance or training on important safety regulations
• Collects hazardous or non-hazardous waste, sorts them into the correctly labeled barrels or other containers and transfers them to the appropriate collection areas
• Support on maintaining training record for each team member to ensure proper performance on each station
• Maintains information and collects data using computer software, as main tool in a proper manner, to ensure that information collected is updated properly
• Collaborates with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities
• Provides support and input to continuous improvement activities within the team
• Maintains close communication with NPI and engineering groups to support implementation of new processes
• Provide product expertise within team, and respond to operator queries
• Other duties as assigned

   

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 3 to 5 years of experience in technical fields with an emphasis on testing of electronic devices

Preferred Qualifications

• Associates of Science, Bachelor of Science or similar certification is highly preferred
• Highly refined verbal and written communication skills

Luminar is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We will make a reasonable accommodation for any qualified applicant with a disability, provided that the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodation and that the accommodation would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please let us know if you believe you require reasonable accommodation, or if you would like assistance to complete an application or to participate in an interview at the company.

At Luminar, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. This role pays a base between $32.90 and $45.90 per hour. Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-relat