Lab Operations Specialist

The role

You'll build and run the physical operations layer of the company: how material comes in, how it gets tracked, how it reaches the engineer who needs it, and how finished robots get out the door and to a customer in one piece. Today that means inventing the system. Later it means running and scaling it.

This is a hands-on job. You'll be on the floor, in the lab, and on the loading dock.

What you'll do

Inventory and materials

Design and run our inventory system end to end — part numbering, bin and location scheme, receiving, put-away, cycle counts

Own inventory accuracy across labs, warehouses, and set the accuracy targets we hold ourselves to

Kit parts for robot builds and get them to the right bench at the right time

Manage consumables and reorder points: fasteners, cabling, adhesives, PPE, ESD supplies

Track tools and lab equipment, including calibration schedules and preventative maintenance

Lab operations

Set and enforce lab organization standards — labeled storage, bench discipline, 5S, clean-as-you-go

Own ESD compliance and lab safety practices

Handle battery and hazmat storage in line with our lithium-ion safety requirements

Support lab buildouts: new benches, test stations, equipment installs

Customer shipping

Own outbound robot shipments end to end, domestic and international

Design and source crating and packaging — shock mounting, tip and impact indicators, reusable vs. one-way

Manage freight forwarders and carriers; quote and book LTL, FTL, and air freight; select Incoterms

Prepare export documentation: commercial invoices, packing lists, HS classification, certificates of origin

Maintain serial-number-level tracking and as-shipped configuration records for every unit

Handle cargo insurance and damage claims

Coordinate inbound and outbound with our Seoul office

What we're looking for

3+ years in hardware lab operations, materials management, or logistics at a hardware, robotics, or capital equipment company

Direct experience with inbound and outbound logistics, including international shipments

You've built or meaningfully improved an inventory system, not just operated one someone else designed

Comfortable around engineering hardware — you can read a BOM, understand why a part revision matters, and handle prototypes without damaging them

High bar for organization and accuracy, and willing to hold other people to it

Able to lift 50 lbs and be on your feet for much of the day

Strong pluses

Current hazmat / dangerous goods certification for lithium batteries (49 CFR ground, IATA DGR air). If you don't have it, we'll certify you — but someone here needs it before our first unit ships.

Experience shipping capital equipment internationally: semiconductor tooling, medical imaging, industrial automation, or similar

Export compliance background — ECCN classification, restricted party screening, license determination

Forklift certification

Experience at a company that scaled from prototype builds to customer shipments