Materials Manager
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will supervise receiving associates and incoming inspectors, manage receiving and inspection workflows, ensure accurate ERP transactions and material traceability, resolve discrepancies, enforce acceptance requirements, and improve cycle time and standard work. You will coordinate with Procurement, Supplier Quality, Engineering, and production stakeholders on material issues.
Requirements
- Experience in receiving, incoming inspection, inventory control, or manufacturing quality
- Experience supervising hourly or technical personnel
- Ability to interpret purchase orders, engineering drawings, specifications, and inspection instructions
- Experience using ERP systems for receiving, inventory transactions, and material-status tracking
- Knowledge of inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, and gauges
- Problem-solving and cross-functional communication skills
- Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Responsibilities
- Supervise receiving associates and incoming inspectors
- Manage assignments, schedules, training, coaching, and performance evaluations
- Balance staffing and workload across receiving and inspection
- Oversee receipt, identification, counting, verification, and ERP transactions for purchased materials
- Resolve shortages, overages, shipping damage, incorrect parts, and documentation discrepancies
- Maintain material identification, traceability, segregation, and handling controls
- Execute incoming inspections against approved requirements
- Ensure supplier documentation is reviewed and acceptance criteria are met
- Identify, document, and quarantine nonconforming material
- Lead daily reviews of receiving and inspection queues, aging material, shortages, and critical receipts
- Improve receiving-to-stock cycle time and standardize work practices
- Support supplier corrective actions with defect records and inspection evidence
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity