Production Supervisor - Hands

1X • San Carlos, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing team is where NEO becomes real. Every robot that ships to a home passes through our floor, and the standard we set here — in safety, quality, and pace — is the standard our customers feel when NEO walks into their living room. We are the bridge between an engineering breakthrough and a product that earns trust in the real world. Your Charter To create an abundant supply of physical labor through safe, intelligent humanoids, we have to build them at a quality and cadence the world hasn’t seen in a humanoid program. As Production Supervisor, you own the daily rhythm of the assembly floor — the people, the workflow, the safety, and the output. You are the person who makes sure that when a NEO leaves our facility, it leaves built right, on time, and made by a team that’s proud of how it got there. This role sits squarely on 1X’s critical path: without a production floor that runs with discipline and care, we don’t ship.

Requirements

• 3+ years directly supervising production or manufacturing teams in a hands-on, on-floor capacity.
• Demonstrated track record of hitting production targets while maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Working fluency in production planning, quality systems, and safety practices (e.g., standard work, defect tracking, lockout/tagout, PPE compliance).
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment where the process you ran last quarter may not be the process you run next quarter.
• Available to work on-site in Hayward or San Carlos, on a day or swing shift.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing — robotics, aerospace, medical devices, EVs, or advanced electromechanical assembly.
• Hands-on experience with lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other structured continuous-improvement methodologies.
• Experience launching a new product line or ramping a new process from pilot to production.
• Familiarity with MES, ERP, or production tracking systems.
• Experience training and developing technicians, including building cross-training and skills matrices.

Responsibilities

• Hit daily and weekly NEO build targets without compromising on safety or quality, and own the metrics that prove it (throughput, yield, first-pass quality, on-time completion).
• Build and lead a production team that is trained, accountable, and engaged — measured by retention, cross-training coverage, and team-level performance against plan.
• Drive defect rates and rework down quarter over quarter through root-cause problem solving, process control, and tight feedback loops with Quality and Engineering.
• Own floor safety as a non-negotiable — zero preventable incidents, full compliance with safety protocols, and a culture where the team raises issues early.
• Surface and lead at least one meaningful process improvement per quarter — something that measurably improves cycle time, ergonomics, quality, or cost.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed