Director of Contract Manufacturing

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🏄 California – Remote

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Ichor Life Sciences, Inc.

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🧬 Biotechnology

Consulting • Marketing • Biotechnology

Ichor Life Sciences, Inc. is a longevity biotechnology company and end-to-end contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in addressing challenges faced by biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies throughout the research and development process. As the first and oldest longevity-focused venture studio, it is home to the longest-standing PhD program dedicated to drug discovery for longevity. Ichor's portfolio includes preclinical candidates targeting age-related diseases and offers a range of services, including protein services, pharmacology, clinical trial site identification, and specialty consulting. By combining their CRO capabilities with a focus on longevity and anti-aging, Ichor is at the forefront of advancing research in biotechnology.

📋 Description

• Own the manufacturing relationship between the organization and its precision machining supplier base • Serve as the primary point of contact and escalation for assigned CNC machining suppliers • Conduct regular on-site factory visits to assess operations, capacity, tooling, fixturing, and quality systems • Build relationships with supplier ownership, operations managers, and lead machinists • Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews covering OTD, DPPM, capacity, and continuous improvement • Drive resolution of non-conformances, dimensional escapes, surface finish rejections, and material certification discrepancies using 8D, RCCA, and CAPA • Manage containment and disposition of nonconforming parts • Coordinate supplier responses to ECOs, drawing revisions, tolerance updates, and FAI requirements • Monitor supplier performance metrics including delivery, dimensional yield, surface finish acceptance, and COPQ • Provide DFM feedback with Mechanical Engineering • Collaborate with Commodity Management and Procurement on RFQ strategy, should-cost modeling, and make-versus-buy assessments • Represent supplier perspectives in NPI design reviews • Align supplier capacity with demand and manage lead-time risk • Support FAI and PPAP activities • Review and approve supplier control plans, inspection plans, and Cpk/Ppk studies • Drive GD&T literacy, appropriate metrology, SPC, and in-process inspection at supplier sites • Identify opportunities to reduce cost, improve lead time, and increase process robustness • Facilitate value engineering workshops • Maintain supplier risk assessments • Develop and execute supplier development plans for underperforming suppliers • Lead qualification of new machining suppliers through capability audits, process trials, and FAI sign-off

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in precision machining, mechanical manufacturing, or supplier/factory engineering, with at least 3–5 years in a direct factory liaison, supplier quality, or commodity management role focused on machined components • Deep hands-on knowledge of CNC machining processes — turning, milling, grinding, honing, EDM — and the variables that drive dimensional variation, surface finish issues, and scrap • Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, including GD&T per ASME Y14.5, and communicate drawing requirements clearly to supplier engineering and shop floor personnel • Familiarity with common metrology tools and methods: CMM programming/interpretation, surface roughness measurement, bore gauges, optical comparators • Experience managing suppliers of tight-tolerance, high-mix/low-volume machined components — preferably in semiconductor equipment, aerospace, defense, or medical device industries • Strong track record driving escalation resolution and supplier accountability without direct organizational authority • Comfortable operating at both the executive level and the shop floor level • Willingness and ability to travel to supplier sites 30–50% • Preferred: Background in semiconductor capital equipment manufacturing and familiarity with demanding cleanliness, surface finish, and material purity requirements • Preferred: Experience with aluminum alloys, stainless steel, titanium, Inconel, ceramics, PTFE/PEEK plastics, and surface treatment processes • Preferred: Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification, or equivalent structured problem-solving background • Preferred: Experience with ERP/MRP systems and supplier portal tools • Preferred: Knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, or SEMI standards