Materials Lead

Lambda Inc.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k with company match

Wellness stipend

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Lambda Inc. in San Jose, CA seeks a Materials Lead to improve inventory accuracy and drive CAPA-driven improvements across ERP systems. You will partner with Logistics to ensure material availability for high-value inventory and oversee asset lifecycle management.

You will develop KPI dashboards, implement SOPs, and use Python/SQL to automate reporting and reduce manual processes, while ensuring SOX/ISO/OSHA compliance. Telecommuting is allowed with some travel.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the role or related occupations.
• Strong experience with inventory and fixed-asset management, CAPA, and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Logistics to improve material productivity and availability.
• Improve material utilization and manage daily reconciliations and variance resolution.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement CAPA.
• Maintain SOPs and compliance docs for SOX, ISO, OSHA, and related standards.
• Manage fixed assets in ERP and ensure proper depreciation accounting.
• Develop KPI dashboards for inventory accuracy and spares utilization.
• Provide proactive reports to guide procurement planning and capacity decisions.
• Leverage Python, SQL, and automation to reduce manual work and improve visibility.

Skills

Inventory management

Data analysis

SQL

Python

ERP systems

CAPA

Education

Master's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

ERP systems

ARIS

SQL

Python

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

Lambda, Inc seeks a Materials Lead in San Jose, CA to be responsible for improving inventory accuracy across systems and physical counts by applying quantitative analysis and process engineering methods.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with the Logistics department to improve productivity and ensure timely availability of high-value materials ($10M+ scale).
• Devise methods for improving utilization of materials and oversee daily reconciliations and variance resolution, ensuring production problems or other issues are resolved.
• Lead root cause analysis of discrepancies and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). CAPA is a structured method for identifying, correcting, and preventing quality issues. CAPA helps teams get to the root cause of problems.
• Maintain standard operating procedures and compliance documentation to meet audit and regulatory requirements (SOX, ISO, FSVP, OSHA).
• Manage post-deployment workflows (return, reuse, decommissioning) with timely system updates and reconciliation.
• Oversee entry, validation, and lifecycle management of fixed assets in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. ERP is a type of software that integrates key business processes, such as finance, manufacturing, and supply chain management, into a cohesive system. ERP helps streamline operations, improve efficiency, and provide better visibility into business performance.
• Ensure accurate accounting of movement, utilization and depreciation of fixed assets through systems-based controls.
• Provide proactive reporting and insights to guide procurement planning and capacity decisions.
• Develop key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards (inventory accuracy, spares utilization) for leadership visibility and develop manufacturing methods and drive best practices in storage design, labeling, and inter-facility transfer processes.
• Leverage Python, SQL, and automation tools to reduce manual processes and improve visibility.
• Present analysis and cross-functional reports and other communication to management and internal stakeholders.

Telecommuting allowed for this position.

15-20 % domestic travel fully reimbursed by employer.

You

• Master's or foreign equivalent to Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Must have 2 years of experience in job offered or related occupations.
• Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:

1. Establishing and managing product compliance requirements and maintaining FDA-compliant FSVP program
2. Developing SOPs across departments and overseeing training and implementation; reducing overhead costs and establishing company benchmarks for process improvement and quality control
3. Identifying and formulating KPIs and clarifying management objectives
4. Validating new operational processes using statistical regression models; partnering cross-functionally to align procurement, production, and demand planning
5. Formulating and mapping department processes using the ARIS enterprise modeling approach to promote operational efficiency and preparing management reports recommending solutions.

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About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
• We offer generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.