Space Hardware Inventory & Materials Specialist

Xona; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Xona, the navigational intelligence company, seeks a Materials & Inventory Specialist in Burlingame, CA to support R&D, satellite manufacturing, and external contract manufacturers. You will coordinate flight hardware and electronic components, ensuring materials are available, traceable, and delivered for prototype and low-rate production schedules.

You will work with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and production partners to prepare kits, track consigned inventory, and maintain accurate

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of materials, inventory, production control, supply chain operations, or related experience in high-reliability manufacturing industries.
• Experience supporting PCBA manufacturing, electronics production, or external contract manufacturers.
• Familiarity with electronic component handling, including part numbers, date/lot codes, moisture-sensitive devices, and ESD-sensitive components.
• Experience working from BOMs, work orders, kit lists, and production schedules.
• Experience with inventory transactions, cycle counts, material issuance, receiving, and reconciliation.
• Experience handling serialized, lot-controlled, revision-controlled, or expiration-controlled materials.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001 or AS9100.
• Understanding of domestic and international shipping requirements; HTS, ECCN basics, Incoterms, and controlled-item handling.

Responsibilities

• Perform incoming receiving for hardware, electronic components, raw materials, and production materials with quantity verification and documentation.
• Inspect incoming hardware, components, and raw materials for damage and traceability requirements.
• Maintain accurate inventory records for flight hardware and production materials, including serialized and lot-controlled items.
• Coordinate material requirements for PCBA builds with Supply Chain, Engineering, and external partners.
• Prepare and issue electronic component kits for PCBA assembly with verified part numbers and traceability against BOMs.
• Track and reconcile consigned inventory at external suppliers and manage shortages or excess material.
• Kit and issue inventory to internal teams according to BOMs and production requirements.
• Maintain inventory locations per 5S, ESD, FOD, and other handling requirements.
• Perform cycle counts, investigate discrepancies, and support corrective actions.
• Support material configuration changes, nonconforming-material dispositions, and movement of inventory between programs.
• Coordinate movement of hardware between cleanrooms, warehouses, production areas, and suppliers.
• Pack and crate outgoing shipments and prepare associated shipping documentation.
• Operate lift equipment and related material-handling tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory controls and ERP/MRP processes as production scales.
• Adhere to safety, quality, ESD, FOD, and configuration-control requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Adaptability

Process improvement

Supply chain coordination

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Inventory-management software

Job description

Xona, the navigational intelligence company, seeks a Materials & Inventory Specialist in Burlingame, CA to support R&D, satellite manufacturing, and external contract manufacturers. You will coordinate flight hardware and electronic components, ensuring materials are available, traceable, and delivered for prototype and low-rate production schedules.

You will work with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and production partners to prepare kits, track consigned inventory, and maintain accurate