Material Management Lead: Scale Logistics & Inventory

Neuralink; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs equity compensation

Healthcare benefits

Meals provided

401(k) plan

Job summary

Neuralink is seeking a Material Management Lead to build and lead the function managing inbound and outbound material for manufacturing in a fast‑paced, on‑site environment in South San Francisco and Austin. You will design processes, set SLAs, and develop a team that delivers material to production quickly and reliably.

The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing operations and a track record of scaling processes, SOPs, and KPI systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing operations, materials management, or production logistics, including direct experience building and leading teams.
• A metrics‑driven approach to operations management: you set KPIs, run performance cadences, and use data to drive accountability and improvement.
• A player‑coach leadership style: comfortable managing through your team day to day, and equally comfortable on the dock, in the inspection area, or running kitting when the operation requires it.
• Quality systems fluency: sampling plans, MRB, NCR dispositions, and lot traceability in a regulated or high‑rigor environment (GMP / ISO 13485, aerospace, automotive, or equivalent).
• A track record of designing operational processes that scale: SOPs, SLAs, training programs, and the metrics to sustain them.
• Experience driving adoption of inventory or warehouse systems (WMS, MES, ERP, or equivalent) with frontline teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a team of shipping & receiving technicians, IQC technicians, and inventory specialists, scaling the organization as build rate grows.
• Define, publish, and own KPIs for dock‑to‑stock cycle time, scan adherence, inspection turnaround, disposition cycle time, kitting SLA performance, and inventory accuracy.
• Own end‑to‑end inbound logistics: shipment visibility, transportation management, shipping terms, and customs clearance, with proactive exception handling.
• Deliver fast, measured dock‑to‑stock cycle times: barcoded intake, structured lot creation, and rigorous scan adherence standards.
• Establish packaging and labeling standards with suppliers so every package arrives identifiable and ready for scan‑based intake.
• Build and operate the incoming quality (IQC) program to a consistent SLA: risk‑based sampling plans, receiving inspection, COA/documentation verification, NCR intake, quarantine control, and rapid dispositions through MRB.
• Partner cross‑functionally on non‑conformance dispositions and corrective actions, feeding incoming quality data into supplier scorecards.
• Implement one unified inventory standard across all product lines: cycle counts, FEFO and shelf‑life control, and full traceability of movements and consumption, with a low‑friction experience for the teams consuming material.
• Establish the production kitting pipeline: pull, verify, document, and stage kits within an agreed SLA window so shortages are identified and resolved ahead of build impact.
• Own outbound shipment of products to meet customer and clinical needs.
• Drive floor‑level adoption of our internal inventory and manufacturing systems and partner with the software team to improve them.
• Execute the material side of engineering change cut‑ins: identifying affected inventory, segregating obsolete material, and restaging kits.

Skills

Team leadership

KPIs

GMP/ISO 13485

WMS/MES/ERP

Inventory management

Logistics coordination

Tools

WMS

MES

ERP

Job description

Neuralink is seeking a Material Management Lead to build and lead the function managing inbound and outbound material for manufacturing in a fast‑paced, on‑site environment in South San Francisco and Austin. You will design processes, set SLAs, and develop a team that delivers material to production quickly and reliably.

The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing operations and a track record of scaling processes, SOPs, and KPI systems.