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About the Role
Base is seeking an individual to own a new, large-scale infrastructure hardware program from first prototype to volume production. This role is critical in driving the development and manufacturing of next-generation hardware, building on the company's expertise in power electronics, thermal design, and high-volume manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Build the program schedule, run reviews, and drive decisions to keep the plan on track.
- Drive hardware development from prototype through engineering, validation, and industrialization into volume production.
- Own build plans, part readiness, and design maturity down to the part number.
- Coordinate sourcing of tier 1-3 components and qualify vendors.
- Plan tooling capacity and hold internal and external teams accountable to cost targets, quality requirements, and delivery schedules.
- Own and defend BOM cost.
- Lead line bring-up, throughput, and yield, ensuring a smooth handoff to field installation teams.
- Communicate critical information, including bad news and recovery options, to leadership early and proactively.
Requirements
- Successfully carried a physical product from prototype to volume production (thousands of units or more).
- Technical enough to arbitrate design decisions, read schematics and mechanical drawings, and understand engineering trade-offs.
- Direct ownership of manufacturing and supply chain elements, including cost, tooling, quality, and capacity.
- Working knowledge of hardware testing campaigns to validate performance and reliability.
- Strong bias for hands-on and in-person collaboration, preferring factory floor work over status meetings.
Skills
- Power electronics
- Thermal design
- High-volume manufacturing
- Supply chain management
- Hardware program management
- Cost management
- Quality control
- Vendor qualification
- Line bring-up
- Throughput optimization
- Yield improvement
- Hardware testing
- First Principles Thinking
- Operate at Base Pace
- Give & Get Feedback
- Ownership
- Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
- Committed to the Mission
- Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit
Location
- Austin
Work Type
- In-person
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Engineering background preferred
About the Company
- Base is America’s next-generation power company, rebuilding the foundation of electricity with a network of distributed batteries.
- We are transforming the grid into a resilient and abundant system.
- We solve complex, interdisciplinary challenges.
- Base recently launched Base Core, a 39.2 kWh home battery, and secured a $1 billion Series D funding at a $13 billion valuation.
- Base Factory 1 in Austin produces thousands of units per month.
- Base is a startup where priorities shift and evolve quickly.