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title: 'Material Handler at NOX METALS'
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# Material Handler at NOX METALS

- **Company:** NOX METALS
- **Location:** Detroit, MI
- **Compensation:** $22–$28/hr
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nox-metals/419ef9aa-0edb-44a9-acc7-916d1dab765d

## Job description

Material Handler | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI Nox Metals is a technology company in Detroit supplying metal. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible. Shift Hours: Monday - Thursday OR Friday - Sunday You will:

- Follow all OSHA and site safety protocols without exception, and hold your teammates to the same standard
- Operate a forklift to receive, stage, and move aluminum plate, bar, and rounds throughout the facility
- Load and unload trucks safely and efficiently
- Receive inbound material and verify against purchase orders
- Package, label, and stage outbound shipments
- Keep the floor clean, organized, and free of hazards
- Record material movements accurately in our software systems
- Always ask questions, never guess when something is unclear
- Complete required safety training and certifications as assigned
- Learn baseline operations of the bandsaw and other metals equipment as you grow in the role

You are:

- Safety-obsessed. You wear your PPE, follow every protocol, and never cut corners that put people or product at risk
- Trained in OSHA standards, or ready and eager to complete training
- Experienced operating a forklift, or a fast learner ready to get certified
- High attention to detail, every load, every label, every shipment
- Coachable and curious, you want to learn the bandsaw and broader floor operations
- 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
- Reliable and steady under pressure, day shift sets the pace for the whole operation
- Comfortable with software, or willing to learn, we track everything digitally
- Organized and dependable
- 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
- Never says "that's not my job"

Nice to have:

- Prior experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, or industrial environment
- Forklift and/or overhead crane certification already in hand
- Experience with bandsaws, industrial saws, or metals handling
- 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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