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# Procurement Specialist at Traysar

- **Company:** Traysar
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traysar/30577abb-92ed-43ba-ba5d-b13f93c79c31

## Job description

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Traysar is the world's first subterra defense tech company. Through breakthroughs in military boring and subterranean autonomous systems, Traysar transforms the Earth's crust into a three-dimensional maneuver space - enabling a new class of strike capabilities against previously unreachable targets and rapid underground protection of critical infrastructure for the United States and its allies. Traysar is backed by Lux Capital, Craft and Silent Ventures among notable angel investors including Steve Blank, the founders of Anduril, and early SpaceX engineers. For more information visit [www.traysar.com](http://www.traysar.com) / [x.com/traysartech](http://x.com/traysartech) Job Summary Traysar is looking for our first U.S. Procurement & Logistics Specialist to own purchasing and logistics for our Austin facility. Our procurement process is already in place, led by our procurement team in Israel, so you'll plug into it on day one and hit the ground running executing purchases. You'll build Traysar's pool of U.S. vendors and suppliers, from sourcing and qualifying to onboarding, quotes, POs, and expediting, and own inbound and outbound logistics and shipping for Austin. You'll also play a key role in Traysar's ERP implementation, helping set up new U.S. procurement and logistics workflows alongside our Israel procurement lead and Finance. This is a hands-on execution role for someone who thrives in fast-paced hardware startups, moves fast, and works closely with engineering, finance, operations, and our Israel procurement lead.

## Responsibilities

- Own day-to-day procurement execution for the U.S., working within Traysar's existing procurement process.
- Build Traysar's pool of U.S. vendors and suppliers for components, materials, equipment, and services.
- Source, qualify, and onboard new U.S. vendors and suppliers.
- Request and compare quotes, negotiate pricing and terms, and issue purchase orders.
- Expedite orders and track deliveries, lead times, and open POs to keep engineering and production on schedule.
- Own inbound and outbound logistics and shipping for the Austin facility, including shipping, receiving, and carrier coordination.
- Partner with engineering to source components, materials, and equipment for development and testing.
- Coordinate closely with the Israel procurement lead to align on process, systems, and cross-site purchasing and shipments.
- Take part in Traysar's ERP implementation, helping set up and roll out new U.S. procurement and logistics workflows with the Israel procurement lead and Finance.
- Track supplier performance, quality, lead times, and costs.
- Keep purchasing records, vendor data, and inventory information accurate in our procurement systems and ERP.

## Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, or logistics experience in hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, robotics, defense, or a similar technical industry.
- Proven track record executing purchases end-to-end: quotes, POs, expediting, and receiving.
- Experience sourcing technical components and working directly with engineering teams.
- Experience finding, qualifying, and onboarding new suppliers.
- Hands-on experience with domestic shipping and logistics, including carriers, freight, and receiving.
- Experience negotiating pricing and commercial terms with suppliers.
- Working knowledge of inventory management and ERP or procurement systems.
- Excellent organizational skills and strong follow-through.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.

## Preferred Skills and Experience

- Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, industrial equipment.
- An existing network of U.S. suppliers, machine shops, distributors, or contract manufacturers.
- Familiarity with import/export logistics, customs, and international shipping.
- Hands-on experience with ERP implementation or systems such as NetSuite, Odoo, or similar.
- Experience supporting prototype development and low-volume manufacturing.
- Experience working with a team or headquarters in another country.
- Knowledge of supplier quality processes and vendor performance management.
- Experience working in an early-stage startup or scaling organization.
- Familiarity with U.S. government contracting or defense procurement requirements.
- Professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, or CPIM are a plus.

Additional Information Depending on the position, employment may be contingent upon successful completion of background checks, reference checks, verification of employment eligibility, and, where applicable, the ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances. Work authorization requirements, travel expectations, and onsite requirements vary by role.

## Equal Opportunity Employer

Traysar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

## About Traysar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Traysar engineers autonomous underground systems for strike and defense, aiming to secure U.S. military dominance in the subterranean domain.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed VC)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Yadin Soffer (CEO), Asher Katz, Gilad Adin

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defense technology, autonomous systems, subterranean warfare, military robotics
- **Target customers**: U.S. Department of Defense, allied military forces, government and defense-sector customers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To transform the Earth’s crust into a three-dimensional maneuver space, exposing subterranean threats and equipping the armies of the free world to fight in the underground domain.

## Products & Services
- **Autonomous Tunnel Breaching & Tactical Exploration Platform**: An excavator-class autonomous platform that rapidly navigates, maps, and clears contested underground networks.
- **High-Speed Rapid-Burrowing Autonomous Platform**: Creates precision subterranean access points and delivers critical payloads beneath the surface.
- **Subterra Systems for Strike & Defense**: Full-spectrum capabilities including autonomy, persistent communications, mapping & localization, underground intelligence, distributed infrastructure, and geological intelligence.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $25M (Seed round, raised as of June 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Led by Silent Ventures; joined by Lux Capital, Ora Global, NeverLift VC, Mana, Impatient Ventures, New Vista Capital, Entree Capital, and strategic angel investors including Steve Blank, and founders from Anduril and Erebor among others.
- **Growth Signals**: Emerged from stealth at the 2026 Reindustrialize Summit; founded in 2025 and already raised a $25M seed round; engineering team includes early engineers from SpaceX and The Boring Company.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in a new domain**: Traysar is positioning itself as the world’s first "subterra defense tech company," addressing a massive capability gap in subterranean warfare that the global defense industry has largely ignored.
- **Unique technology stack**: Combines military boring, autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments, and real-time underground mapping — capabilities that are extremely difficult to replicate.
- **Strong founder pedigree**: Co-founders and early engineers come from SpaceX, The Boring Company, Anduril, and other elite defense/engineering organizations.
- **Clear strategic relevance**: Addresses a documented threat — the U.S. Army estimates more than 10,000 known military facilities are hidden underground worldwide.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Developing and fielding autonomous platforms for subterranean maneuver and infrastructure survivability; building a complete suite of Subterra systems for strike, defense, protection, and denial operations.
- **Direction for growth**: Expanding from seed stage to operational deployment with the U.S. military and allied forces; hardening critical infrastructure and preserving logistical continuity under attack.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: The company describes itself as working on "the 21st century’s most important problem" — securing military dominance in a new domain.
- **Elite engineering culture**: The team includes early engineers from SpaceX and The Boring Company, suggesting a high-caliber, fast-paced, and technically challenging environment.
- **Early-stage impact**: As a seed-stage company founded in 2025, employees have the opportunity to shape the technology and culture from the ground up.
- **Location**: Headquartered in Austin, Texas, a growing tech and defense hub.
- **Notable perks**: Not explicitly stated, but the culture emphasizes working with "the best engineers" on a critical national security mission. The careers page ([jobs.ashbyhq.com/traysar](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traysar)) lists current openings for further details on specific roles and benefits.

## Sources
1. [traysar.com](https://traysar.com)
2. [traysar.com/news](https://traysar.com/news/traysar-raises-25m-seed)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/traysar)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/traysar-industries)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traysar)

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