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# Factory Shift Lead - Weekend 2nd Shift at NOX METALS

- **Company:** NOX METALS
- **Location:** Detroit, MI
- **Compensation:** $27–$38/hr
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nox-metals/b0e6222d-f7c0-4046-a88f-220e6f962402

## Job description

Factory Shift Lead, Weekend 2nd Shift | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI

American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. The next generation of American manufacturing is being built right now. Nox Metals is the supply chain behind it.

Nox Metals is a technology company in Detroit supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

We need a Factory Shift Lead to own the weekend night shift and keep the floor running while the rest of the country is off. American factories do not stop, and neither do we. Nox Metals is an employer with real opportunity for long term career growth, this is a place to build a career, not just hold a job.

Shift hours: Friday - Sunday, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM.

You will:

- Lead the weekend shift team, set the pace, own the outcome, execute a clean handoff
- Take a clean handoff from the weekday team and leave the floor ready for Monday
- Operate industrial saws, bandsaws, CNC equipment, and material handling systems
- Load, measure, cut, and inspect aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to spec
- Run forklifts and overhead cranes
- Follow cut lists and production schedules with precision
- Receive inbound material and verify against purchase orders
- Package, label, and stage outbound shipments
- Record cut data and job completions in our software systems, accurately, every time
- Always ask questions, never guess when something is unclear
- Look at every process and figure out how to make it better
- Keep the floor clean, organized, and ready for the next job
- Work safely every shift and hold your teammates to the same standard

You are:

- Knowledgeable or experienced in a factory, metals service center, bandsaws, industrial saws, CNC equipment, or skilled trades
- A natural leader, you set the standard for the shift and people follow because of how you work, not because of a title
- Committed to safety, you follow every protocol, wear your PPE, and never cut corners that put people at risk
- High attention to quality, every cut, every cert, every shipment
- Always thinking about how to make processes better, you do not accept "this is how we have always done it"
- Absolutely customer obsessed, delivery timelines matter because customers are counting on them
- A team player with a good attitude, you make the shift better for everyone around you
- Someone who takes ownership, if it is your shift, it is your responsibility
- Precise under pressure and reliable, the weekend runs because you show up ready
- Self-directed, you can run the floor with a smaller team and keep production moving
- Comfortable with software, we track everything digitally and you will too
- Organized and detail oriented
- High agency, you handle big items alone and ask for help when needed
- Low ego, you do the unglamorous work because it needs to get done
- Able to lift up to 50 lbs and operate heavy equipment on your feet for a full shift
- Happy to work weekends as your primary schedule
- Not afraid to work outside normal hours when America demands it
- Never says "that's not my job"

Nice to have:

- Experience in metals, aluminum, or aerospace/defense supply chains
- Forklift and/or overhead crane certification
- Prior shift lead or supervisory experience in manufacturing
- Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter

This role is full time, in person in Detroit.

## About NOX METALS

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NOX METALS is an AI-powered metals supplier that provides instant quotes and rapid delivery of cut-to-size aluminum plate to American manufacturers through vertically integrated, software-driven factories.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; raised $11.5M seed round per company website, plus $4.6M pre-seed from Y Combinator per LinkedIn – conflicting reports)
- **Headquarters**: Detroit, Michigan, United States (2703 23rd Street, Detroit, MI 48216)
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Zane Hengsperger (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Manufacturing, metals processing, industrial supply chain
- **Target customers**: Job shops, OEMs, Tier 1/2/3 suppliers, aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturers (B2B)
- **Mission**: To reindustrialize America by supplying manufacturers at warp speeds and lower prices, with the goal of enabling 100x more parts made in the USA.

## Products & Services
- **Gondor (Ordering Platform)**: An AI-powered system where customers upload material lists or paste part specs, and the AI parses, prices, and returns a quote in under 60 seconds. Offers real-time order tracking, mill certs, and one-click reordering.
- **Nox Nest (AI Nesting Engine)**: An ML-trained bin-packing solver that evaluates hundreds of thousands of cut combinations to find the optimal path, reducing scrap and creating predictive inventory based on likely future orders.
- **Predictive Inventory**: AI that anticipates what American manufacturers need and stocks material before customers even place an order.
- **AI Schedule**: Machine-learning trained scheduling and job timing to lower lead times.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Total funding: $11.5M seed round (per company website) plus a $4.6M pre-seed round led by Y Combinator (per LinkedIn/Tracxn)
  - Team size: ~22 (per Y Combinator profile; LinkedIn shows 8 employees but 24 active job postings, suggesting rapid growth)
  - Headcount growth: +27.3% monthly (LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (led pre-seed; Summer 2025 batch), Jared Friedman (Primary Partner at YC)
- **Growth Signals**: Raised $11.5M seed round in 2026; 24 open positions; expanding from aluminum plate/block into steel, tube, and sheet; LinkedIn followers 4,148 with +8.3% monthly growth.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertically integrated factories**: NOX builds and operates its own automated cutting facilities, removing middlemen, brokers, and manual scheduling layers.
- **AI-first operations**: ML-driven nesting, scheduling, and inventory prediction deliver quotes in seconds and lead times in days rather than weeks.
- **Lower overhead**: Automation (robots pick, cut, package, label) reduces human bottlenecks, enabling better pricing and faster throughput.
- **Real-time visibility**: Every order tracked from quote to delivery, with mill certifications attached.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scale the Detroit factory, expand product offerings into steel, tube, and sheet, and continue building out the software platform (Gondor, Nest, AI Schedule).
- **Direction**: Become the fastest and lowest-cost supplier to America’s industrial base by treating the factory as a software product.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Early-stage startup backed by Y Combinator; mission-driven to reindustrialize America; fast-paced environment where software and hardware meet.
- **Work environment**: On-site in Detroit, MI (2703 23rd Street). Roles span software engineering (perception, full-stack), factory operations, shift leads, sales, and IT/SecOps.
- **Perks & highlights**: Opportunity to work with advanced manufacturing technology (AI, robotics, automated cutting lines); competitive salaries ($80K–$150K for engineering roles); direct impact on the supply chain of American manufacturing.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on building automated factories that are “the product” – software engineers work alongside factory operators to optimize real-time production.

## Sources
1. [NOX METALS Website](https://noxmetals.co/)
2. [Y Combinator Company Profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nox-metals)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/noxmetals)
4. [Careers Page (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nox-metals)

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