Senior Manager, Supply Chain (Robot Production)

Roboticsconnected; San Francisco (CA); In loco; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Genesis is seeking an experienced Supply Chain professional to build and manage our supplier base for a hardware production line. You will source, qualify, and manage machined and cast components, gears, actuators, motors, PCBAs, harnesses, shells, batteries and sensors, ensuring dual sourcing for critical subsystems.

You will run RFQs, should-cost analyses and tooling negotiations, collaborate with Legal on supplier agreements, and participate in design reviews to mitigate long-lead and

Competenze

• You have built a supplier base for hardware going into production.
• You read drawings and GD&T.
• You have negotiated price, tooling and terms with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Mansioni

• Be on the floor at our facility, partner and suppliers for first articles, line-down calls and recoveries.
• Build the supplier base: source, qualify and manage suppliers for machined and cast structures, gears and actuators, motors, PCBAs, harnesses, shells, batteries and sensors; two sources for every critical sub-system.
• Develop domestic suppliers for sub-systems and maintain content records for regulated markets.
• Run RFQs, should-cost, piece price and tooling negotiation; work with Legal on supplier agreements.
• Attend design reviews to flag long-lead, single-source parts; integrate supplier capability into design.
• Own complete build plan: rolling schedule visible to line, partner and suppliers; capacity planning with suppliers.
• Own the BOM in production: cost roll-ups by phase, ECR control and cost-down from pilot to volume.
• Build supplier quality loop with ME and Quality: first article, PPAP, inspections and supplier scorecards.
• Manage inbound logistics and documents; oversee spares and service parts.
• Maintain weekly numbers: clear-to-build, on-time delivery, PPV, inventory.

Conoscenze

Supplier base development

Machined and cast parts

Gears and actuators

Motors and PCBAs

Harnesses and shells

Sourcing and supplier management

Cost negotiation and should-cost

BOMs and change control

APICS or CPSM (bonus)

Formazione

Engineering degree preferred

Descrizione del lavoro

ABOUT GENESIS

We are a full-stack general-purpose robot company, born across San Francisco and Paris and bound by a single mission: to make general-purpose robots a reality, unlocking infinite physical labor for the world and freeing people for creativity, exploration, and the pursuits they love for their own sake.

We are French and American by birth and global by nature. We are backed by partners who share our vision, including Eclipse, Khosla Ventures, Bpifrance, and HSG, alongside Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel, Daniela Rus, and Vladlen Koltun. Our people work across the Bay Area and Europe, building the engine that will teach robots to do real work in the real world. We recently unveiled Eno, our wheeled, dexterous robot powered by our GENE foundation model, and we are starting to put it to work with real customers.

THE ROLE

Every part that goes into our robot: who makes it, at what price, on what lead time, to what quality. This is the hands-on role. You build the supplier base for production, develop domestic sources for the sub-systems that need them, and make sure the line never waits on a part. You start with a bill of materials, a design team and a few suppliers; you end with a qualified, dual-sourced supply chain that supports production with our manufacturing partner. You are at our facility, at the partner and at suppliers more than you are at a desk.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Be on the floor: at our facility, at our manufacturing partner and at suppliers; first articles, line-down calls and recoveries are yours.
• Build the supplier base: source, qualify and manage suppliers for machined and cast structures, gears and actuators, motors, PCBAs, harnesses, shells, batteries and sensors; two sources for every critical sub-system.
• Develop domestic suppliers for the sub-systems that need them, and keep the content records that come with selling into regulated markets.
• Run the commercial work day to day: RFQs, should-cost, piece price and tooling negotiation, payment and warranty terms; work with Legal on supplier agreements.
• Sit in design reviews from the start: flag long-lead, single-source and high-risk parts before design freeze; bring supplier capability into the design.
• Own clear-to-build and the plan: every unit on the schedule has a complete kit before it starts; a rolling plan the line, the partner and the suppliers all see; capacity planning with suppliers ahead of demand; inventory accuracy and safety stock by part class.
• Own the BOM in production: cost roll-ups by phase, engineering change control with the design team and Manufacturing Engineering, cost-down from pilot to volume.
• Build the supplier quality loop with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality: first article and PPAP where it applies, incoming inspection, supplier scorecards and quarterly reviews, corrective action and recovery.
• Run logistics: inbound, between our facility and our partner's, import and export paperwork with Legal, spares and service parts.
• Run the systems we have and help stand up the next ones: part numbering, BOM control, MRP; own the weekly numbers (clear-to-build, on-time delivery, PPV, inventory).

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You have built a supplier base for a hardware product going into production, not managed or handed to you, and you produce results in weeks, not quarters.
• Deep experience with machined and cast metal parts, gears or actuators, motors, PCBAs and harnesses, and the suppliers who make them; you read drawings and GD&T.
• You have developed new suppliers in new regions and qualified them to a standard.
• Strong commercial record: you have negotiated price, tooling and terms with suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• You are fluent in BOMs, change control, should-cost and cost roll-ups, and comfortable with the people who design the product.
• 8 or more years in supply chain, sourcing or supplier development for complex hardware, with time in a mature organization so you know what the systems look like at scale; you have led a small team or are ready to; engineering degree preferred.
• Bonus: robotics or automotive; contract manufacturer selection and transition; import and export compliance; APICS or CPSM.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Office and production environments; travel to suppliers and partner sites, including international, up to 30%.

HOW WE WORK

• Limitless ambition. We hold ourselves to the highest bar in everything we build.
• Relentless urgency. Iterate faster, learn faster. Time is the denominator.
• Type-2 Fun. Take the work seriously, not yourself. Embrace the grind and find joy in the struggle.
• Radical transparency. Candid communication builds trust, and direct feedback drives growth.
• Multiculturalism. We come from across the world. Be curious. Meet people on their terms.
• Team over ego. Help others, share context, and win as a team.
• A joyful journey. We take pride in the craft, enjoy the ride, and make space to laugh. Happiness is part of how we get there.