Electricals Materials Handler (Inventory)

The role

The Electricals Materials Handler owns the lifecycle of electrical components from receiving and storage to consumption on the SMT line and at contract manufacturers. This person acts as the source of truth for board electricals, including inventory levels, condition, and traceability.

What you will do

• Receive, label, measure, inspect, and put away board electricals, connectors, and boards
• Run ESD-safe handling and moisture-sensitivity (MSD) control
• Manage Etched-owned material held at contract manufacturers including shipments, consumption, returns, and scrap
• Run cycle counts and periodic reconciliations against CM reports
• Inspect incoming lots for part marking, quantity, packaging, and condition
• Quarantine and disposition non-conforming material
• Pull and kit components to the released BOM and revision for builds
• Publish weekly views of on-hand, allocated, in-transit, and at-CM quantities
• Write SOPs for receiving, consignment transfers, RMA, and return-to-stock
• Help pull inventory and consumption data into automated reporting

Required qualifications

• 2+ years handling electronic components in a manufacturing, EMS/CM, or hardware-startup environment
• Working knowledge of ESD control (ANSI/ESD S20.20) and moisture-sensitivity handling (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033)
• Able to read a BOM, a PCB assembly drawing and a component datasheet
• Hands-on experience with an ERP or inventory system (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar)
• Comfortable in spreadsheets: lookups, pivots
• Experience working with contract manufacturers on consigned or customer-furnished material
• Organized under pressure
• Clear written communication
• Passionate about automating parts of the job with agentic AI models
• Ownership mentality
• Lifting up to 50 lb
• Standing for extended periods and working in an ESD-controlled area

Nice to have

• IPC-A-610 or IPC-7711/7721 certification, or SMT line experience
• Experience setting up consignment or vendor-managed inventory programs from scratch
• Familiarity with counterfeit-avoidance practices (AS6081 / AS5553) and authorized-distributor sourcing
• Exposure to datacenter hardware: accelerator cards, server base boards, high-power or high-speed interconnect components
• Forklift or pallet-jack certification

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

About the company

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The company is a fully in-person team in San Jose.