Systems Engineer, Parts Library

Nebula; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Bonus for living within 5 miles of El 

On-site work

Job summary

Nebula in El Segundo, CA seeks a Systems Engineer to own the component reel library and related inventory reconciliation between hardware and ledger systems. You will lead automated storage, retrieval, tagging, and interfaces to connect shelves with orders and BOM records.

You will build the first racks, tagging behind them, and specify interfaces that make a reel on a feeder and a line on a bill of materials one record. On-site, equity is offered in a high-growth startup.

Qualifications

• A degree in systems, industrial or mechatronic engineering, computer science, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on automated storage and retrieval, and inventory systems in manufacturing: ledgers, lot control, kitting.
• Fluent with identification technology: barcode and RFID selection, readers, and tag durability in industry.
• Enough software to specify, review and test an interface rather than only consume one.
• The judgment to find where a ledger and a shelf disagree, and fix the process.
• Ready to build the first racks, tagging and retrieval on a line, and their interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Reel identification: barcode and RFID tagging, readers and scanners.
• Storage and addressing: racks and cells, capacity and layout.
• Automated retrieval: mechanism and gateway at each rack to placement machine.
• Kitting and feeder setup: reservations by lot/date code, verification before a job.
• Inventory ledger: append-only movements, reservations, attrition true-up.
• Cycle counts and reconciliation: counting programs and process changes.

Skills

Automated storage and retrieval

Inventory ledger systems

Barcode and RFID knowledge

Interface specification

Ledger discrepancy resolution

Education

Degree in systems/industrial/mechatronic engineering or CS

Tools

Barcode readers

RFID technology

Job description

What to Expect

Your role is to own the component reel library as one system: the tagged reels and racks, the machinery that retrieves them, and the ledger that keeps the record true against a customer's bill of materials.

The physical half is identification, storage and automated retrieval, out to kitting and feeder setup. The software half is the inventory ledger, its reconciliation against the shelf, and its interfaces up to orders and down to machines.

You will build the first racks, the tagging behind them, and the retrieval and kitting that feed the placement cell, and specify the interfaces that make a reel on a feeder and a line on a bill of materials one record.

We are looking for systems engineers with experience and interest in automated storage and retrieval, identification and traceability, inventory software, and the interface work that holds a store and its ledger to the same truth.

Every role works with our AI systems daily. What can be deterministic, must be. You need no AI background; we prefer people without one. We hire for your knowledge and experience in the field first, so you can steer the ship; the tooling is a learning curve we expect you to take on.

We work on-site in El Segundo. This is hard work, but you will be rewarded with equity in a company we believe will become one of the world's most valuable.

What You'll Do

• Reel identification: barcode and RFID tagging, readers and scanners, label durability, identity scheme
• Storage and addressing: racks and cells, capacity and layout, control for moisture-sensitive devices
• Automated retrieval: the mechanism, the gateway at each rack, delivery to the placement machine
• Kitting and feeder setup: reservations by lot and date code, verification before a job
• The inventory ledger: append-only movements, reservations, attrition true-up, and invariants on quantities
• Cycle counts and reconciliation: counting programs, discrepancy investigation, and the process changes behind them
• Bills of material and orders: stock matching, shortfalls, reorder signals, and their interfaces
• Traceability from a placed component back to its reel, lot and date code

What You'll Bring

• A degree in systems, industrial or mechatronic engineering, computer science, or equivalent experience
• Hands-on automated storage and retrieval, and inventory systems in manufacturing: ledgers, lot control, kitting
• Fluent with identification technology: barcode and RFID selection, readers, and tag durability in industry
• Enough software to specify, review and test an interface rather than only consume one
• The judgment to find where a ledger and a shelf disagree, and fix the process
• Ready to build the first racks, tagging and retrieval on a line, and their interfaces
• Bonus: equipment integration and data collection from production machinery, or interface specification between teams

Expected Compensation

$100k to $250k base salary, plus equity

• Equity participation in a high-growth startup
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Bonus for living within 5 miles of our El Segundo facility
• On-site work with rare work-from-home exceptions
• Merit-based organization where contribution drives reward