Supply Chain Manager

About the role

The future of defense will be decided by those who field intelligent machines at scale. At Scout, we’re developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain. Fury enables human operators to command fleets of robots through natural language, and empowers those machines to sense, decide, and act together as one. This mission will ask everything of us: urgency, precision, and relentless work.

The Role

The Hardware Team at Scout bridges the gap between traditional machinery and cutting-edge autonomy. We take base vehicles with zero autonomous capability or actuation and turn them into fully functional, validated, production-ready, intelligent platforms. Owning the full hardware lifecycle from concept and prototyping through final product validation.

The team is split between engineering and manufacturing, as our first supply chain hire, you will sit between the two. You’ll run day-to-day supply chain execution, and you’ll also build the system that builds our vehicles: the purchasing, inventory, and planning processes that let us scale from prototype builds to production.

This role is hands-on. You’ll be on the floor managing inventory one day and working with executives the next to make sure the team has what they need to keep building. You’ll move fast, context-switch daily, and help define the process as we go. This is a rare opportunity to join early and own the supply chain function from day one.

Responsibilities

• Own all purchasing and material readiness for vehicle builds
• Issue and manage purchase orders
• Receive, track, and control inventory
• Build and maintain the systems for finance, purchasing, and inventory, and define how we should inventory as our build volume grows
• Support production forecasting and planning in partnership with engineering, manufacturing, and finance
• Manage supplier relationships, including onboarding, primary points of contact, and a clear understanding of our demand
• Identify and bring on new suppliers in key areas
• Build long-term supplier partnerships and forecasting agreements
• Work with finance to keep purchasing, receiving, and payments aligned

Qualifications

• Experience with purchasing systems and processes
• Experience in supply chain, purchasing, or inventory management for a company building a physical product (low-rate initial production experience preferred, across industries such as defense, drones, automotive, medical, or consumer electronics)
• Hands-on experience with an ERP or MES platform (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle)
• Highly organized, with a bias toward action and comfort doing the work yourself
• Strong communication skills with vendors and internal stakeholders at all levels
• Comfortable buying small quantities of many different parts, rather than large quantities of a few
• Must be located in, or willing to relocate to, Sunnyvale, California
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• Passion about defense of the United States and its allies
• May be expected to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Nice to Have

• Experience with MES and PLM systems
• Experience supporting forecasting and demand planning
• Familiarity with purchasing requirements for defense contracts

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including base salary and bonus
• Meaningful equity
• Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution
• Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar
• Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen
• EV charging
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)

• The stated salary range below represents an estimated base pay only and reflects consideration of multiple compensation factors.
• Final salary offers may differ depending on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience or training background, specialized skills, and business needs.
• Most full-time positions also include highly competitive equity awards, which form part of Scout AI’s overall compensation package.
• In addition, Scout AI provides comprehensive, top-tier benefits to full-time employees.