{"id":3793751,"url":"https://alion.io/job/origin-founders-office-manufacturing-associate","title":"Founder's Office, Manufacturing Associate","company":{"id":686527,"name":"Origin","domain":"origin.tech","url":"https://alion.io/company/origin-7","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":17,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":13,"computed_at":"2026-11-08T05:47:12Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Claude","optional":false},{"name":"Slack","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T08:09:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T02:41:38Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"About Origin\nOrigin (previously 10xConstruction) is building general-purpose autonomous robots for US construction to tackle rising costs, safety risks, and labour shortages. Our modular, multi-trade platform combines purpose-built hardware with real-time site intelligence to navigate complex environments and execute tasks with precision. Trained in high-fidelity simulation and already deployed on live sites, our robots deliver 5x faster execution, 250%+ margin expansion, and significant cost savings. Join India's most talent-dense robotics team consisting of individuals from IITs, Stanford, UCLA, etc.\nAbout the role\nOrigin is moving from building robots one at a time to building them in batches. The parts of that system already exist: sourcing, stores, assembly, quality, logistics and deployment. They don't yet run as one machine. This role exists to make them one.\nYou will work directly with the Founder and own the build from release to US site: one build plan, one cost number per robot, and one weekly review everyone works from. You will also run the founder's manufacturing projects that don't yet have a home. This is not a coordination role. You're measured on robots shipped on time, at cost, without field failures.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Build planning and operating cadence\nTurn the deployment pipeline into a rolling 8-week build plan by robot, sub-assembly and tool system.\nRun the weekly build reviews with Sourcing, Manufacturing, QA and Deployment teams; own the action log and close it.\nMaintain a single build-readiness view: kits complete, parts short, drawings released, test status.\nWork with Engineering, QA & manufacturing teams to set-up DFM, IQC, IPQA processes and create right Jigs & fixtures for QA & assembly.\n2. Cost and unit economics\nOwn the cost-per-robot model from the BOM, labour hours, scrap and freight, and keep it current with every design release.\nBuild the cost-down roadmap with Sourcing and Engineering; track savings against target each month.\nModel landed cost to US sites, including duties and freight, for founder and investor conversations.\n3. Quality and field feedback\nSet up the loop from US site failures back to design, sourcing and assembly, with root cause and a closed corrective action on each.\nTrack first-pass yield, rework hours and failures per deployed robot; take the top issues to the founder each week.\n4. Scale-up and founder projects\nLead make-vs-buy and contract-manufacturing evaluations for the next robot versions.\nPlan plant layout, line balancing and capacity for the next step up in volume.\nPrepare manufacturing updates for board and investor material.\nRequired Qualifications and Skills\nB.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics, Production, Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechatronics Engineering.\n2-4 years in manufacturing, production planning, NPI or operations at a hardware, automotive, EV, EMS or industrial-equipment company, or in operations consulting with time on the shop floor.\nRead engineering drawings, BOMs and tolerances; comfortable in a workshop.\nStrong in spreadsheets and cost models; can build a cost-per-unit model from scratch.\nWrite clearly enough to send the founder a one-page decision memo and represent them with vendors and teams.\nHigh ownership: closes loops, follows through and treats the build plan as their own.\nProficient with AI tools, Claude, Google Suite and Slack.\nPreferred Experience\nLow-volume, high-mix builds such as robotics, automation, EV, aerospace or medical devices.\nOnshape or another PDM/PLM tool; ERP or inventory systems.\nLean, DFM/DFA, or a first-pass-yield improvement you can quantify.\nExposure to export documentation or shipping hardware to the US.\nHands-on build experience from a college robotics, Formula or Baja team.\nApplication Requirement\nShare one example of a process, build or cost problem you fixed: what was broken, what you changed and the number that moved. 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