From lab to production: build the factory behind our lenses
Location: Amstelveen/Rotterdam, NL Commitment: Full time Experience: 10+ years
AddOptics designs and manufactures precision lenses for the next generation of smart eyewear. Our hybrid process, combining 3D printing with casting, produces thinner and lighter lenses that fit everyday smart glasses. Our big question: how do we grow to 100 million lenses? It starts with our first production line in Amstelveen, designed for 100,000 pairs. As Head of Manufacturing, you answer that question, including whether our current route is the right one.
You join the management team and report directly to our CEO Joris. Engineering develops the technology, and you turn it into scalable production, with a team that starts at 5 to 6 people. You are based mostly in Amstelveen, and regularly in Rotterdam with engineering and leadership.
What You’ll Be Working On
Define the route to 100 million lenses: turn our ambition into a manufacturing strategy, and test whether our planned steps to mass production are the right ones
Get the first line running: use our line in Amstelveen as the starting point, and let the data guide the next step
Make yield and cost visible: track yield per product and process step, and break down cost per lens into materials, machine time, labour and scrap
Plan capacity and remove bottlenecks: translate growth targets and product mix into a factory setup with monthly milestones, and improve throughput and lead times
Lead compliance: work out what it takes to produce a Class I medical device under the EU MDR, and set up quality management, traceability and documentation
Decide make or buy: weigh in-house production against subcontracting on speed, cost and yield, and choose the machines and partners to scale.
Build the team: grow the team and processen needed to deliver production targets.
What We’re Looking For
Manufacturing or operations experience with a proven route from first line to volume production, ideally in precision manufacturing, optics, semiconductor or medical devices
Strong command of yield, scrap and cost per unit, including building cost and yield models
A track record in negotiating with subcontractors and machine suppliers, and in making investment decisions
Experience leading and growing a team
Fluent in English. Dutch and experience in a regulated environment such as medical devices are a plus
The Kind of Person Who Thrives Here
You think in strategy and execution at the same time: hands-on enough to get a first line running, and ready to challenge our plan when the data points another way. Your numbers add up before anyone asks. When suppliers, customers and our own teams want different things, you find a way forward that still delivers on our targets.
What You’ll Get
A say in investment decisions as part of the management team.
The chance to shape how a deep-tech company grows from its first line to mass production.
A technology that makes smart eyewear possible for the many people who need prescription lenses.
A total annual package of €90,000 to €120,000, including holiday allowance and bonus, depending on experience.
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