Manager, Materials Management

Fab2; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Visa Sponsorship

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Weekly Learning & Development

Commuter Benefits

Lunches daily, Dinners 3x per week

Job summary

fab2 is an early-stage hardware startup in Austin, TX seeking a Manager, Materials Management to own material flow from receiving to production. You will build the receiving, inventory, storage, kitting, and replenishment systems needed as production scales and coordinate with Sourcing, Planning, and Manufacturing to keep fabs supplied.

The role requires leadership of inventory professionals and a track record of improving material availability and accuracy in a production environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in materials management, inventory control, warehousing, logistics, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading receiving, inventory, kitting, or material-handling teams in a production environment.
• Track record maintaining high inventory accuracy and improving material availability to production.
• Experience developing warehouse layouts, storage systems, cycle-counting programs, and lineside replenishment.
• Fluency with ERP, MRP, WMS, or MES inventory systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead receiving, inventory control, warehousing, kitting, and internal material movement.
• Ensure material is received, inspected, transacted, stored, and available to production on time.
• Build complete kits for components, tools, and fabs against the production schedule.
• Establish storage locations, supermarkets, lineside inventory, and point-of-use replenishment.
• Maintain accurate quantities, locations, revisions, lot numbers, serial numbers, and material status in our ERP/MES.
• Develop cycle-counting processes and fix root causes of inventory discrepancies.
• Design material flow from receiving through storage, assembly, test, and finished goods.
• Define material-handling and packaging standards for sensitive, cleanroom, and high-value components.
• Work with Sourcing & Planning to prioritize incoming material and resolve shortages affecting production.
• Work with Manufacturing to improve inventory, kitting, and material-flow workflows in our ERP/MES.
• Track inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, kit completeness, shortage aging, and lineside availability.
• Hire, train, and lead inventory specialists, materials specialists, and receiving and kitting personnel as the team grows.
• Support the launch and operation of materials areas across Fab2 sites.

Skills

Inventory management

Team leadership

ERP/MRP systems

Materials planning

Production logistics

Tools

ERP/MRP

WMS

MES

BOM reading

Job description

About fab2

The fab2 team can build anything. We design all the hardware and software needed to make chips and we make the fabs, tools, and components ourselves. We're looking for exceptional, hands-on people who can iterate to the limits of what's possible.

fab2 was founded by Sam Zeloof and Jim Keller. Sam is best known for making chips in his garage, and Jim has been a leader in the semiconductor industry for the past 40 years.

About the team

The fab2 production team manufactures chip fabs. From deposition and etching tools to lithography and metrology, we are building every tool ourselves. We fabricate the metal parts, operate SMT lines to build PCBAs, and assemble the tools in-house.

About the Role

At fab2 we design and build everything ourselves, from chambers, gas lines, and valves to etch, deposition, and lithography tools to complete fabs. As Manager, Materials Management, you will own the physical flow of material from the receiving dock to the production floor. You will build the receiving, inventory, storage, kitting, and replenishment systems needed to keep every build supplied as production scales.

Responsibilities

• Lead receiving, inventory control, warehousing, kitting, and internal material movement.
• Ensure material is received, inspected, transacted, stored, and available to production on time.
• Build complete kits for components, tools, and fabs against the production schedule.
• Establish storage locations, supermarkets, lineside inventory, and point-of-use replenishment.
• Maintain accurate quantities, locations, revisions, lot numbers, serial numbers, and material status in our ERP/MES.
• Develop cycle-counting processes and find and fix the root causes of inventory discrepancies.
• Design material flow from receiving through storage, assembly, test, and finished goods.
• Define material-handling and packaging standards for sensitive, cleanroom, and high-value components.
• Work with Sourcing & Planning to prioritize incoming material and resolve shortages affecting production.
• Work with Manufacturing to improve inventory, kitting, and material-flow workflows in our ERP/MES.
• Track inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, kit completeness, shortage aging, and lineside availability.
• Hire, train, and lead inventory specialists, materials specialists, and receiving and kitting personnel as the team grows.
• Support the launch and operation of materials areas across Fab2 sites.

Required Experience

• 5+ years in materials management, inventory control, warehousing, logistics, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading receiving, inventory, kitting, or material-handling teams in a production environment.
• Track record maintaining high inventory accuracy and improving material availability to production.
• Experience developing warehouse layouts, storage systems, cycle-counting programs, and lineside replenishment.
• Fluency with ERP, MRP, WMS, or MES inventory systems.
• Ability to read BOMs, drawings, part numbers, and revision-controlled manufacturing documentation.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with semiconductor equipment, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience supporting production as it scales from prototype builds to recurring or high-volume manufacturing.
• Familiarity with cleanroom material handling, lot traceability, serialized components, and controlled inventory.

Working at fab2

We’re an early-stage hardware startup with solid funding, world-class advisors, and a lab/office in Austin, TX.

Benefits

fab2 offers the following benefits, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off inclusive of Holidays and Sick Time
• Visa Sponsorship
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Weekly Learning & Development opportunities
• Commuter Benefits including Parking and Late Night Uber rides from the office
• Lunches daily, Dinners 3x per week, Stocked Office Kitchen with Snacks and Spindrifts

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.

Export Control Analysis

This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.