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# Logistics & Inventory Manager at Foundry Robotics Inc.

- **Company:** Foundry Robotics Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/foundry-robotics/ef6a541d-7af6-4e82-9973-8e6a70705128/application

**Skills:** ERP, MRP, Inventory Management, Receiving Operations, Shipping Operations, ERP Implementation, ERP Configuration, ERP Administration, Lean, 5S, Kanban, Six Sigma, Robotics, Hardware, Electronics, High-mix low-volume manufacturing

> Build materials operations from scratch, including inventory management, receiving, shipping, and ERP implementation. Lead the materials and warehouse team while ensuring production continuity and driving continuous improvement in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.

## Job description

## About Us

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. Basically, we’re building robots that build robots. We are reimagining manufacturing through advanced robotics. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer. We aim to empower manufacturers with intelligent, efficient, and adaptable robotic systems that redefine productivity and quality. As a founding member of our engineering team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success. This role is 100% in-person at our office in the mission, SF.

## The Role

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to build the materials operation of a modern factory from a blank sheet. You won't inherit someone else's broken systems or be told "that's not how we do it here." You get to design inventory, receiving, shipping, and the ERP backbone the way it should be done, and do what you've never been allowed to do in the past. You are building the future of factory manufacturing, from the ground up. This role is for a Logistics & Inventory Manager who thrives on bringing order, speed, and reliability to a fast-moving factory, equally comfortable designing systems from first principles and running them hands-on on the floor. You will own inventory management, receiving, shipping, and the overall movement of materials through the factory, building the processes, systems, and team where none currently exist. You will stand up materials operations from scratch, making core decisions across stocking strategy, receiving and shipping workflows, ERP implementation, and inventory accuracy. You will drive rapid improvement cycles to keep production supplied and on schedule as we scale.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end inventory management: accuracy, cycle counts, stocking strategy, min/max levels, and reconciliation across the factory
- Manage all receiving operations: inspection, documentation, putaway, and discrepancy resolution with suppliers
- Manage all shipping operations: outbound logistics, carrier coordination, packaging standards, and on-time fulfillment
- Direct the overall movement of materials through the factory, ensuring production lines and work cells are supplied without interruption
- Build inventory, receiving, and shipping processes from scratch, defining workflows, layouts, labeling, and standard operating procedures
- Implement and administer the ERP system for materials and inventory: item master, BOMs, transactions, and reporting
- Establish and track KPIs (inventory accuracy, on-time receiving/shipping, stockouts, cycle time) and drive continuous improvement
- Hire, train, and lead the materials and warehouse team as the operation scales
- Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement, production, and engineering to align material flow with build schedules and demand

## What We're Looking For

- 7+ years in materials, inventory, or logistics operations, including experience standing up new processes or facilities, and 2+ years leading a team
- Proven ability to build inventory, receiving, and shipping operations from the ground up (greenfield, startup, or new-facility environment)
- Hands-on ERP experience implementing, configuring, and/or administering an ERP/MRP system for inventory and materials management
- Demonstrated success managing inventory accuracy, receiving, and shipping in a manufacturing or production environment
- Strong people-leadership skills with experience building and managing a team
- Equally effective at a desk and on the floor, with the organizational discipline and bias for action to keep a fast-moving factory supplied
- Collaborative by nature, you consider downstream impacts on production, quality, and suppliers when making decisions

## Nice to Have (Not Required)

- xperience in robotics, hardware, electronics, or high-mix / low-volume manufacturing
- Experience selecting and rolling out an ERP system, not just operating an existing one
- Familiarity with lean / 5S, Kanban, Six Sigma, or similar continuous-improvement methodologies
- Experience scaling materials operations from low-rate to high-volume production

Why Join Us? This is one of the only places where world-class manufacturing operators, mechanical engineers, robotics researchers, and software engineers sit in the same room — building production systems together. We are committed to being deeply embedded in the U.S. industrial base. Our focus is simple: build adaptive robotic assembly systems that make American manufacturing scalable, resilient, and competitive again. The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is: $150,000—$250,000 USD Compensation packages at Foundry Robotics for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Foundry Robotics employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, and generous PTO.

Foundry Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

## About Foundry Robotics Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Foundry Robotics is an AI-first, assembly-focused robotics company rebuilding American manufacturing with advanced automation and production systems.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2026
- **Founders**: Adarsh Kulkarni

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Robotics Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Defense & Dual-Use Contract Manufacturing
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily defense contractors, hardware startups, and industrial companies needing flexible, small-to-medium scale assembly
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "AI-first, assembly-focused robotics that rebuilds American manufacturing—faster, more flexible, and ready for what’s next."

## Products & Services
- **Battery Pack Assembly**: Small to medium-scale battery pack assembly that streamlines the path from prototype to full-scale production, enabling faster iteration and secure domestic manufacturing.
- **Advanced Hardware Sub-Assemblies**: Rapid construction of complex mechanical assemblies for next-generation and legacy hardware using AI-driven robotic cells, eliminating the need for bespoke factories.
- **Defense & Dual-Use Robotics**: Modular robotic cells for defense and dual-use applications that enable rapid assembly of critical infrastructure through secure and resilient American supply chains.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $19M in seed funding (announced April 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Khosla Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Red Glass Ventures, Zero Shot Fund
- **Growth Signals**: The company has grown from 14 employees to over 20 builders in a short period, with a monthly headcount growth rate of +26.7%. It opened its San Francisco HQ in May 2026, just 21 days after the space was still being opened with a sledgehammer. Website traffic is growing +128.4% month-over-month.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-first, assembly-focused approach**: Unlike traditional contract manufacturers that require bespoke factories, Foundry uses modular, AI-driven robotic cells that can be rapidly reconfigured for different products.
- **Dual-use capability**: Serving both defense and commercial applications, which opens up a large addressable market and provides mission-driven work.
- **Speed of iteration**: The company can go from prototype to full-scale production faster than traditional manufacturers, as demonstrated by opening its HQ in under a month.
- **Team pedigree**: The founding team includes talent from Tesla, Blue Origin, Scale AI, Google DeepMind, and the UPenn GRASP Lab.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the engineering and manufacturing platform**: The company is actively hiring across robotics, AI, software, operations, and quality engineering roles to scale its platform.
- **Rebuilding American manufacturing**: Foundry is focused on creating a domestic, secure, and resilient supply chain for critical infrastructure, particularly for defense and dual-use applications.
- **Rapid iteration and deployment**: The company prioritizes speed, moving from concept to production floor in weeks, not years.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees directly contribute to rebuilding American manufacturing and strengthening national security through advanced robotics.
- **High-caliber team**: The team includes builders from Tesla, Blue Origin, Scale AI, Google DeepMind, and the UPenn GRASP Lab, offering a steep learning curve and exposure to cutting-edge technology.
- **Hybrid workspace**: The company operates a hybrid model with a strong in-office presence at its San Francisco HQ, which includes a factory floor where robots are built and deployed.
- **Early-stage impact**: As a seed-stage company, employees have significant ownership and influence over the product, culture, and direction of the company.
- **Rapid growth environment**: With a 26.7% monthly headcount growth rate and a focus on scaling, the company offers fast-paced career growth opportunities.

## Sources
1. [foundryrobotics.ai](https://foundryrobotics.ai/)
2. [LinkedIn - Foundry Robotics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundry-robotics)
3. [Built In - Foundry Robotics](https://builtin.com/company/foundry-robotics)
4. [Remix Reality - Foundry Robotics Raises $19 Million](https://www.remixreality.com/foundry-robotics-raises-19-million-to-build-ai-first-robotics-for-manufacturing/)
5. [Ashby - Foundry Robotics Careers](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/foundry-robotics)

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