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# Supply Chain & Operations Manager (North America) at UnitX

- **Company:** UnitX
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA / HQ
- **Compensation:** $112k–$145k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/unitxlabs/1e4f3975-b84a-411b-a609-7c9e6fbfa359

## Job description

## About UnitX

UnitX is building the AI-powered eyes and brain for autonomous manufacturing. Our machine-vision platform helps manufacturers detect complex defects, automate inspection, and improve production quality in applications where conventional vision systems fall short. We are expanding into emerging, high-growth markets—including AI data-center infrastructure and next-generation AI hardware—and are looking for a business development leader to help establish UnitX as a strategic partner to the companies defining these industries.

## About the role

We're looking for a hands-on Supply Chain & Operations Manager to own how hardware moves through UnitX in North America. You'll make sure every part we buy arrives on time, every system we ship is right the first time, and every dollar and asset is accounted for. You'll work closely with Engineering, Field Deployment, Finance and Sales, and you'll be comfortable both negotiating with vendors and testing hardware at the bench.

## What you'll do

- Run domestic and international receiving and shipping for customer orders and internal hardware/software, including carriers, freight forwarders, customs documents and export compliance
- Bench-test incoming and outgoing hardware (power-on, imaging, camera/lens checks); triage failures with Engineering before shipment
- Own procurement for hardware (GPUs, industrial PCs, cameras, lenses, cables, lighting) and software licenses, from quotes and POs through approvals, renewals and cost tracking
- Manage vendor performance: track lead times and on-time delivery, resolve late or defective shipments and keep an approved vendor list
- Build and run inventory and asset management: system of record, cycle counts, reconciliation, asset tagging and RMAs
- Manage import and export compliance: classify products (HTS, ECCN), calculate duties, tariffs and landed cost, work with customs brokers, file export documents and keep records audit-ready
- Own the monthly operations dashboard (on-time delivery, shipment errors, spend vs budget, inventory accuracy); write and maintain SOPs; work with Sales and Field teams on demand and delivery planning; lead process improvement across NA operations
- Run the office, warehouse and lab space: layout, security, safety and EHS compliance, office supplies, facility vendors; Set up laptops and accounts, manage license seats, handle first-line hardware and network issues as needed

## What you'll bring

- 5+ years in supply chain, operations or procurement at a hardware company
- Comfort assembling, powering on and troubleshooting computers, GPUs, cameras and cabling
- Hands-on experience shipping high-value products domestically and internationally (Incoterms, HTS codes, commercial invoices, export controls)
- Working knowledge of import and export duties and customs: tariff classification, duty and tariff impacts, customs broker management
- A record of buying both hardware and software licenses, including negotiating price and lead time
- Experience owning inventory and asset tracking in an ERP or inventory system (NetSuite, Odoo or similar) with high count accuracy
- Strong organization and follow-through; you like clean data and clear processes
- Able to work on-site in our Milpitas office, 5 days a week

## Nice to have

- Experience at a machine vision, industrial automation, robotics or AI hardware company
- Experience building operations processes from scratch at a startup
- Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers
- Bilingual in Mandarin is a plus

## Why Join UnitX

This role offers the opportunity to accelerate human productivity through robotics in manufacturing. You get to define how a differentiated AI-vision platform enters some of the world’s fastest-growing and most strategically important manufacturing markets. You will work directly with company leadership, influence product and market strategy, and build relationships that can become significant global accounts.

UnitXis proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, inclusion, and respect, and are committed to building a workplace where everyone can thrive. We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. If you require assistance, please contact Human Resources. Requests for accommodation will be treated confidentially and in accordance with applicable laws. As a safety-sensitive, drug-free workplace, employment with UnitX is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.

## About UnitX

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: UnitX provides AI-powered visual inspection systems that automate inline defect detection for automotive, EV battery, and electronics manufacturing.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $106M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Keven Wang (CEO), Weixiong Zheng (CTO), Adam Yang (COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Industrial Automation / AI-powered manufacturing inspection
- **Target Customers**: B2B, Enterprise — automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, EV battery manufacturers, electronics manufacturers, PCBA, connector, and semiconductor producers
- **Mission**: To elevate 20% of the world's GDP through intelligent automation, building the world’s best team in robotics

## Products & Services
- **CorteX**: AI training and inference system — rapidly trains, deploys, and manages yield-optimized AI models to detect and classify variable defects with high-speed, inline decisions.
- **OptiX**: Fully software-defined imaging system that captures 2D and 2.5D features inline for edge inference.
- **FleX-Gen**: Turnkey inline inspection equipment for high-speed production lines.
- **YieldX**: Analytics platform delivering data reports for AI-powered manufacturing optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available
- **Total Funding**: $106M across four rounds (Seed: $2M, Series A: $12M, Series B (June 2023): $41M, Series B extension (Nov 2024): $46M)
- **Lead Investors**: UP Partners (led Series A and most recent Series B), SE Ventures (led 2023 venture round)
- **Key Metric**: Systems currently inspect more than **$6.1 billion worth of products annually**; deployed on **100+ production lines**.
- **Customer Base**: Served 190+ customers, including 10 of the world’s top 50 automotive manufacturers, 10 of the top 30 Li Battery makers, 9 of the top 100 electronics manufacturers, and 2 of the top 4 EV manufacturers.
- **Growth Signals**: +19.6% headcount growth year-over-year; +60% job posting growth quarterly; global operations across 8 countries (US, Mexico, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Kenya, Japan, Hong Kong).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Superhuman defect detection**: AI models that detect and classify complex defects with accuracy exceeding human inspection, regardless of part, material, or position.
- **Fastest deployment**: Small-sample AI that integrates with existing imaging systems; software-defined lighting enables rapid adaptation to new environments — claim of fastest-to-deploy inline inspection in the industry.
- **Proven ROI**: Customers see a typical <12 month ROI with average $1.3M returned per production line and 3% scrap reduction.
- **Track record**: 5.7 million+ continuous operating hours across deployed systems.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening penetration in high-growth verticals: EV battery manufacturing, automotive components, and consumer electronics.
- Enabling global scale with a hardware + software + AI platform model (imaging, inference, and analytics).
- Building synthetic defect generation capabilities to accelerate model training and improve yield outcomes for customers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Team**: Founded by engineers from Stanford, MIT, and Google; described internally as a robotics company with values of reliability, precision, transparency, and ambition.
- **Growth Trajectory**: 78 employees with rapid expansion (+19.6% YoY); 8 active job openings including Embodied AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Engineer, and Recruiter roles.
- **Work Environment**: Santa Clara HQ with a global, cross-functional team (Sales 25%, Technical 24%, Operations 5%). Talent sourced from top companies (Keyence, Amazon, Stanford, Palo Alto Networks, Verkada) — suggests high-performance culture.
- **Perks & Mission**: Direct impact on worldwide manufacturing quality; opportunity to work on full-stack robotics combining deep learning, imaging, and hardware deployed at scale.

## Sources
1. [unitxlabs.com](https://www.unitxlabs.com/about-us/)
2. [unitxlabs.com](https://www.unitxlabs.com/)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitxlabs)
4. [craft.co](https://craft.co/unitxlabs)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/unitxlabs/42762a56-2207-4e72-bf90-f5321683c638)

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