5-7 years of experience in operations management, preferably in hardware or complex industries.
Proven track record of delivering results in procurement, production, and logistics.
Strong judgment in managing supplier relationships and operational trade-offs.
Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams on technical and commercial decisions.
Demonstrated experience in building and implementing operational processes.
Responsibilities
Own and execute operational planning across all facets of the supply chain.
Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, managing cost and quality.
Align inventory and shipment plans with engineering priorities to ensure readiness.
Establish clear tracking and escalation paths for operational risks.
Collaborate with engineering on design changes and manufacturing readiness.
Develop practical workflows for purchasing and vendor management.
Enhance systems and practices to scale operations efficiently.
Benefits
Opportunity to work closely with founders and engineering teams.
Hands-on leadership role with broad operational ownership.
Chance to shape processes in a growing company.
Engagement in a dynamic and innovative field of robotics.
Full Job Description
Head of Operations San Francisco • Onsite • Full-time
About the role
Building affordable robots takes more than a good design. Parts, suppliers, production, logistics, and company operations need to work together.
We're hiring a Head of Operations to build and run the operating systems that help Bracket Bot ship. You'll work closely with the founders and engineering team to turn plans into reliable execution across sourcing, procurement, production coordination, and delivery.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set priorities, resolve operational bottlenecks, and build processes that remain useful as the company grows.
What you'll do
Own operational planning and execution across suppliers, procurement, production coordination, and logistics.
Build supplier relationships and manage cost, lead-time, delivery, and quality tradeoffs.
Keep parts, inventory, build readiness, and shipment plans aligned with engineering priorities.
Create clear ownership, tracking, and escalation paths for operational risks and blockers.
Work with engineering on design changes, build schedules, manufacturing readiness, and cost reduction.
Build practical company workflows for purchasing, vendors, and operational administration.
Improve the systems and team practices needed to scale operations without slowing execution.
What we're looking for
Experience owning operations and delivering results in a hardware or similarly complex business.
Strong judgment across suppliers, procurement, production, logistics, and competing priorities.
Ability to work closely with engineers and understand technical and commercial tradeoffs.
Evidence of building useful processes and following through on operational details.
Clear communication, high ownership, and comfort leading while doing hands-on work.
Nice to have
Robotics or electromechanical hardware experience.
Experience with international suppliers and APAC sourcing.
Experience moving hardware from prototypes into repeatable production.
Experience building operations in an early-stage company.
Important notes
Broad ownership of how the company operates and how robots get built and delivered.
The role requires both operational leadership and direct execution.
We value resolved problems, reliable delivery, and systems that help the team move faster.
