Are you excellent at managing and improving warehouse operations and logistics? Do you thrive in a dynamic, innovative environment that redefines how humans interact with robots?

In this role, you will oversee our inventory and warehouse operations, ensuring efficiency and productivity that align with our vision.

Join us to reimagine the future of human-robot interaction.

Collaborative Robotics is a team of innovators and builders redefining the future of human-robot interaction. We are working to realize a world where robots are a trusted extension of your surroundings. They work, adapt, and react around you. Not the other way around.

This role is located onsite at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

Cobot will offer a relocation stipend if you are relocating to join our Santa Clara office and currently live more than 50 miles outside of the office location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, logging inventory transactions, issuing materials, and preparing assembly kits for production.

• Maintain inventory accuracy across stock locations by conducting cycle counts, performing reconciliations, and enforcing strict check-in and check-out procedures.

• Convert BOMs, work orders, and manufacturing schedules into detailed kit lists while partnering with Hardware Engineering and Build teams to manage engineering change orders, part revisions, existing stock, and overall build readiness.

• Proactively spot inventory shortages, part discrepancies, and supply risks, collaborating cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Manufacturing to resolve issues and communicate schedule impacts.

• Establish and maintain neat, organized storage and kitting layouts to ensure quick retrieval, efficient issuance, and seamless replenishment as assembly operations scale.

• Oversee inbound freight and shipments for robotics units, spare components, and vendor-consigned parts across headquarters, external suppliers, and deployment sites, verifying incoming quantities and organizing incoming quality inspections.

• Maintain meticulous material records using spreadsheet tracking and inventory software, driving practical process improvements and defining user requirements as software tools evolve.

• Uphold standard protocols for material handling, warehousing, and logistics while coordinating specialized support for items requiring unique handling compliance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in materials management, inventory control, warehouse operations, or a related role, including hands-on support for hardware manufacturing.

• Experience translating BOMs, work orders, or production schedules into material and kitting requirements, including managing changes to those requirements.

• Experience with receiving, inventory transactions, material issuance, cycle counts, and discrepancy reconciliation.

• Proficiency in Google Sheets or Excel for maintaining material records, reconciling quantities, and tracking kits and shortages.

• Experience using inventory management software or ERP/MRP tools to maintain material records and transactions.

• Ability to independently prioritize daily materials work, identify risks, and implement practical improvements to inventory or warehouse processes.

• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively across Supply Chain, Engineering, Production, and Manufacturing partners.

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team.

• Must be able to lift and/or move items weighing up to 30 pounds.

• Must have and maintain US work authorization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in materials management, logistics, warehouse management, or a similar role at a company with a hardware manufacturing function.

• Experience working at a fast-paced start-up.

• Experience designing or improving upon a warehouse organization system.

• Experience interacting directly with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery.

• Understanding of domestic and international shipping requirements and ability to prepare shipping documentation. Familiarity with HTS codes, ECCN basics, Incoterms, and controlled-item handling is preferred.
  

The base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and experience level. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the noted geographic area. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Cobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

To all recruitment agencies: Collaborative Robotics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our employees. Collaborative Robotics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.