Inventory Specialist Jobs in California

Why LeoLabs?

At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.
We’re not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, LeoLabs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top-tier space operators and allied defense organizations.
If you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.

The Opportunity

We are hiring an Inventory Control Specialist to strengthen inventory accuracy, financial visibility, and operational controls across LeoLabs inventory locations, contract manufacturers, and project sites.

This role will drive data-driven improvements to inventory management, ensure the integrity of NetSuite records, and provide actionable insights that support informed decision-making across Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance.

You will be responsible for:

• Execute and maintain accurate inventory transactions in NetSuite, including adjustments, transfers, returns, reversals, corrections, rework, scrap, and additional material consumption.
• Create, maintain, process, and close manufacturing work orders based on approved production requirements and documentation.
• Process component consumption/issuance and assembly builds, ensuring transactions align with approved BOMs, build quantities, and manufacturing records.
• Review approved BOM revisions and engineering changes and update applicable inventory transactions to accurately reflect material consumption.
• Research NetSuite transaction history to investigate inventory discrepancies, including work orders, item receipts, adjustments, transfers, assembly builds, and other inventory activity.
• Reconcile expected BOM consumption against actual ERP transactions, identifying and correcting missing, duplicate, or inaccurate postings with appropriate authorization.
• Support inventory reconciliation for contract manufacturers, remote/deployment locations, month-end activities, and Finance requests.
• Generate recurring NetSuite inventory and transaction reports and use Excel to reconcile inventory, BOM, work order, purchase history, and transaction data.
• Monitor open work orders and outstanding inventory transactions, maintain supporting documentation and audit trails, and drive transactional items through timely completion.
• Maintain inventory-control work instructions and standard processes, support historical data cleanup, and identify opportunities to reduce repetitive manual work and transaction errors.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in inventory control, manufacturing transactions, ERP administration, materials management, or production control.
• Experience with inventory control, manufacturing transactions, ERP administration, materials management, or production control.
• Experience creating and processing manufacturing work orders and related inventory transactions, including adjustments, transfers, consumption, returns, and assembly builds.
• Working knowledge of Bills of Materials (BOMs), component-to-parent relationships, and how BOM quantities translate into material consumption.
• Experience researching transaction history, inventory discrepancies, and reconciliation issues.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, filtering, formulas, and reconciliation of large data sets.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy while processing a high volume of routine and repetitive transactions.
• Strong organizational, documentation, and follow-through skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and time-sensitive production requests.
• Ability to identify questionable or incorrect transactions, investigate or escalate issues appropriately, and avoid making unsupported assumptions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Advance Excel Skills
• Can work independently and Excellent analytical judgment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience with electronics, aerospace, defense, high-tech manufacturing, engineering changes, NPI, or contract man

Within 1 month, you’ll:

• Understand LeoLabs inventory locations, NetSuite transaction flows, current reconciliation practices, cycle-count history, and Finance reporting requirements.
• Baseline existing inventory health reports, major discrepancy categories, and inventory value by location.

Within 3 months, you’ll:

• Identify recurring consumption patterns and initial candidate parts for min/max or Kanban review, using verified transaction data.
• Establish recurring inventory health reviews and an exception log with owners, actions, and due dates.
• Review daily cycle-count results submitted by the Materials Coordinator, lead initial variance reviews, and establish annual and post-project cycle-count schedules, expectations, and closeout standards; begin periodic transaction audits.

Within 6 months, you’ll:

• Present a pilot stocking recommendation with assumptions, cost/benefit analysis, and Planner/Finance input.
• Lead annual and post-project cycle-count planning and closeout, and maintain a repeatable review cadence for daily cycle-count results submitted by the
• Publish inventory valuation, aging, scrap/attrition, and project-cost dashboards; recommend draft loss and adjustment control thresholds for review.

Within 12 months, you’ll:

• Evaluate results of approved stocking-policy changes against inventory value, stockouts, and excess/obsolete exposure.
• Demonstrate reductions in recurring discrepancies and overdue reconciliations through root-cause and preventive actions.
• Provide leadership with reliable inventory value by location and project, and a documented, approved inventory control framework.

Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, and location. The base salary range for this position $83,000 + bonus + stock options + benefits

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We do not work with outside staffing agencies

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information regarding ITAR can be found at DDTC’s website

Pay: $83,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Menlo Park, CA