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VP of Operations

Corvus Robotics · Mountain View, CA · On-site

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About Corvus Robotics

Autonomous inventory intelligence for the physical economy. Corvus Robotics drones and AI forklift sensors count inventory in Fortune 500 warehouses. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Own end-to-end hardware operations: supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics. Scale our production processes without sacrificing quality or reliability.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of operations experience in hardware, with significant time in robotics, electronics, or complex electromechanical products
  • Hands-on familiarity with electronics manufacturing - you must know the difference between a PCB and a machined part, and dealt with the suppliers who make them
  • Proven track record scaling production of a hardware product
  • Experience managing contract manufacturers and multi-tier supply chains, ideally including overseas and domestic production
  • Fluency in the language of hardware: BOMs, EVT/DVT/PVT, yield, MTBF, ECOs, and factory ramps
  • Strong first-principles thinker who is comfortable operating with ambiguity at a fast-moving startup
More about this role

We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic VP of Operations to join our fast-paced, mission-driven team. You will be instrumental in scaling Corvus by owning manufacturing, supply chain, and hardware operations end-to-end as we deploy autonomous drones across the world's largest warehouses. We need a leader who has lived and breathed hardware - electronics, robotics, and production at scale - and is committed to building an operations engine that matches the ambition of our product.

Corvus Robotics builds fully autonomous, infrastructure-free drones that give Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises real-time inventory visibility inside their warehouses and distribution centers. Founded out of MIT and headquartered in Mountain View, CA, our systems are purpose-built in America and deployed through a Robots-as-a-Service model. Hardware quality, manufacturing reliability, and deployment logistics are core to our business.

Own end-to-end hardware operations: supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.

Scale our production processes without sacrificing quality or reliability.

Build and manage relationships with contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and...

Read the full posting on Corvus Robotics's site ↗

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