Senior Manager, Factory Automation Engineering

Dandy • Indianapolis, IN

20d

About The Position

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $200B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally, Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology, innovation, and world-class support to achieve more for their practices, their people, and their patients. About the Role This is a high-impact, critical leadership position focused on building, leading, and managing the Factory Automation Engineering team for a single, high-throughput manufacturing facility. You will be accountable for the overall strategic design, sustained performance, and operational reliability of automated production lines within that facility. The role requires you to define the technical vision, lead talent acquisition, and architect the systems necessary to support aggressive growth and 24/7 production targets. You will own the facility's key factory outcomes, including its Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and the fundamental design and implementation of all future production capacity within the site.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
• Minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in high-volume Manufacturing, Process, or Automation Engineering.
• Minimum of 3+ years managing an engineering team, with demonstrated success in hiring, talent development, and setting technical culture.
• Expert knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma and the ability to apply statistical methods (SPC, DOE).
• Proven track record of overseeing the full lifecycle of automated equipment and successfully scaling manufacturing operations to high-volume production.
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive top-level production metrics (OEE, Yield) for a significant manufacturing area or facility.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills for presenting strategy, negotiating resources, and engaging executive stakeholders
• Ability to travel 50-75% of time in first 2-3 months to Provo, UT.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy and execution plan for automation development within the facility.
• Recruit, hire, and mentor the entire Facility Automation Engineering team.
• Establish a facility culture focused on ownership, data-driven decisions, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee all planning and execution for new equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Be accountable for achieving and sustaining world-class Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and performance targets.
• Mandate high standards for engineering quality - rigorous hypothesis testing, clear and effective documentation, use of tools such as statistical process control
• Direct cross-functional efforts and champion DMAIC/DOE to drive systemic cost and performance gains.
• Architect and implement systems and protocols to guarantee continuous production uptime.
• Serve as the primary technical and operational leader for the site, providing executive level updates
• Ensure the team strictly adheres to all Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security policies.

Benefits

• For full-time positions, Dandy offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive, and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate.
• Our local benefits packages typically include healthcare, dental, mental health support, parental planning resources, retirement savings options, and generous paid time off—ensuring our team members are supported no matter where they live and work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees