2 months ago
Base Salary
$170k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build end-to-end visibility for work-in-progress, yield, vehicle genealogy, inventory, and shipment status.
- Develop planning engines for material planning, available-to-promise, build queues, and fulfillment queues.
- Manage supplier workflows including purchase order confirmations, promise dates, RFQs, design changes, forecasts, and component pricing.
- Build visibility for transportation from contract manufacturer to third-party logistics provider to customer, including integrations with contract manufacturer systems.
- Close the quality loop across incoming and inline quality, deviations, warranty tracing, supplier chargebacks, and financial systems.
- Evaluate buy-versus-build options by shipping thin applications for quality, transport, and warehouse visibility.
- Instrument and simplify operational processes before automating them, including undocumented exceptions and system handoffs.
- Deliver software rapidly with coding agents and embed with process owners so they can maintain and improve the automation themselves.
Requirements
- 8+ years building operations, manufacturing, or supply chain software from zero to production, including ownership of data models and decision logic.
- Technical degree or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Daily LLM-native development with coding agents such as Claude, supported by contracts, tests, evaluations, and review processes.
- Track record of rapid iteration and putting working software into users’ hands in days.
- Deep SaaS platform expertise integrating QMS, TMS, WMS, or ERP systems into a unified data platform.
- Fluency with Python, SQL, and APIs, plus practical understanding of physical operations and conflicting operational data.
- Ability to earn the trust of unfamiliar teams and continue improving processes after automation is live.
- Willingness to travel internationally to contract manufacturers in Taiwan when required.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100%, with FSA and HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
- Fertility and family-building benefits through Progyny.
- Flexible time off and 401(k) match.
- Regular on-site presence in Palo Alto, time on the warehouse floor, and occasional international travel are required.
About ALSO
ALSO builds small, efficient electric vehicles for moving people and goods in dense urban settings, with options planned for both driver-operated and autonomous use. The privately held company, founded in 2025 and headquartered in Palo Alto, was originally incubated within Rivian and follows a vertically integrated approach spanning vehicle hardware, software, and sensing, selling directly through demos, retail experiences, and community activations.