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About the Role

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. As a founding member of our engineering team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success.

Responsibilities

• Define the procurement and supply chain strategy, operating model, processes, and KPIs for the whole function
• Run sourcing and supplier management across mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical commodities: negotiate, award, and manage cost, continuity of supply, and risk
• Deploy AI across the function to optimize sourcing, forecasting, spend analysis, supplier risk monitoring, and the team’s day-to-day workflows
• Partner with engineering through NPI so supply, cost, and manufacturability are designed in, not bolted on
• Stand up the supply chain function inside the ERP: item master, BOMs, transactions, supplier workflows, and reporting
• Hire, train, and lead the team of buyers and Supplier Industrialization Engineers (SIEs) as the operation scales
• Own the core metrics (landed cost, supplier quality, on-time delivery, lead time, supply risk) and the contingency plans that keep a secure supply base resilient
• Collaborate cross-functionally with production, quality, engineering, and logistics to align supply with build schedules and demand

Requirements

• 10+ years in supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or supplier engineering, including time leading people
• Has built or scaled a function in a high-bar hardware environment (automotive, aerospace, drones, consumer electronics, or robotics) and carried products from NPI to volume production
• Technically fluent: reads a drawing, understands manufacturing processes (CNC, sheet metal, injection molding, PCBA), and bridges engineering and commercial teams
• Fluent with ERP/MRP systems and the data discipline that makes a supply chain scalable and auditable
• Treats AI as a force multiplier and already uses it to do the job better
• A sharp negotiator and clear communicator with suppliers, engineers, and executives alike, who makes smart decisions with imperfect information
• A builder energized by ambiguity and ownership, who figures out how the job should be done rather than waiting to be told
• Focused on driving autonomy and continuous improvement through agentic applications, and understands the future vision of agentic workflows
• Experience selecting and rolling out an ERP system, not just operating an existing one
• Background blending supplier industrialization / quality engineering with commercial sourcing
• Familiarity with lean / 5S, Kanban, Six Sigma, or APICS; experience scaling from low-rate to high-volume production

Skills

• AI
• Sourcing
• Supplier Management
• Purchasing
• ERP
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Lean Manufacturing
• 5S
• Kanban
• Six Sigma
• APICS

Location

• San Francisco, CA

Work Type

• In-person
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 10+ years
• Leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000 to $250,000 USD

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Generous PTO

About the Company

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.