The posting
What we’re building
The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.
Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumers to develop and harden our core technology. We’re now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we’re extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.
The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it
Who we're looking for
As Arc’s Supervisor. Production you will own one of Arc's most technically demanding production organizations, responsible for manufacturing our high-voltage battery systems and powertrain subassemblies—including battery packs, harnesses, motors, and other electromechanical systems that sit at the heart of every boat we build.
We're looking for someone fired up by the mission and ready to build. You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, and care about the details.
This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.
What You'll Do
- Owning the safety, quality, delivery, and productivity performance of the Battery, Electrical Systems, and Mechanical subs manufacturing area, ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining exceptional workmanship standards.
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of production technicians responsible for battery pack assembly, high-voltage systems, harnessing, motors, and electromechanical subassemblies.
- Executing the daily production plan by balancing labor, removing constraints, and ensuring material, tooling, and engineering support are in place to meet schedule.
- Partnering closely with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Production leadership to rapidly resolve technical issues and enable production at scale.
- Driving structured root cause analysis for electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing issues, implementing robust corrective actions that improve first-pass yield and long-term reliability.
- Continuously improving assembly processes, tooling, ergonomics, workstation layouts, and standard work to improve safety, quality, throughput, and labor efficiency.
- Leading implementation of engineering changes, process updates, and new product introductions while minimizing disruption to production.
- Monitoring key manufacturing metrics—including safety, first-pass yield, defects, labor efficiency, throughput, and schedule attainment—to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence.
- Maintaining rigorous standards for high-voltage safety, workmanship, ESD controls, tooling readiness, inventory accuracy, and overall manufacturing discipline.
- Developing future team leads while helping build a scalable manufacturing organization capable of supporting production growth and efficiency
- Fostering a culture of ownership, excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement through daily coaching and hands-on leadership on the production floor.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a fast paced manufacturing or production environment
- Prior experience in leading a team or a project
- Willingness to get hands on with build projects as needed
- Ability to be flexible and get creative to keep complex projects moving forward
- This is an active role that will require consistent physical activity, including the ability to lift. push and pull up to 50lbss. and standing for a majority of the shift
Bonus Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience in a supervisory role in manufacturing
- Previous experience leading production technicians or manufacturing teams in a fast-paced production environment.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain to solve technical production challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to lead structured problem solving using data and root cause analysis to improve safety, quality, and manufacturing performance.
- Comfortable interpreting engineering documentation including drawings, work instructions, BOMs, and manufacturing process documentation.
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Comfortable pushing an intense but sustainable pace
- Enthusiasm for boating and clean energy
At Arc, we encourage diversity and consider all qualified applicants equally for employment, regardless of background, identity, or status. You’re always welcome to reach out even if you don’t meet many of these qualifications. Passion and aptitude make up for a lot.
What we offer
The base salary for this role is M1: $120,000. M2: $140,000 annually.
Highly competitive equity grants are included with full time offers. As well as semi-annual bonuses tied to your impact, not just your tenure.
Additionally, Arc offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Healthcare benefits — 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision
- Parental leave — 14 weeks fully paid for birthing and non-birthing parents
- Generous time off — Highly competitive PTO with an opportunity to earn more time with tenure
- Income protection — Life and disability insurance for all employees
- Retirement savings — Traditional and Roth 401(k) access
- Water fund — $500 for you to spend each year to get out on the water, however you choose
- Professional development — $500 annual reimbursement for professional development and a monthly AI stipend
- Safety Support- Annual reimbursement for PPE, ergonomic equipment and anything that ensures we keep our crew safe
- Captain training — Training and access to take Arcboats out with friends and family
- Office perks — Daily lunches, snacks, and good coffee while onsite
- Relocation assistance — Available depending on role eligibility.
Our values
We move with urgency and build with care. We value these five things above all else:
- Ownership over both your work and the company’s success
- Empathy for colleagues and for customers
- Humility in problem solving and collaboration
- Pragmatism for navigating ambiguity quickly and sensibly
- Inclusion of different backgrounds, opinions, cultures, and perspectives.
We want people who share and embody these values. It is vital that our values align - we’d be happy to elaborate on any or all of these during the interview process.
