Sr. Materials Program Manager – NPI & Fleet Operations

Job-:
Engineer

Location:

Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Schedule:

Full time, Level 5

Posted:
About the Role Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We're building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team is focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race—and Uber has an edge:
We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match.

As the Sr. Materials Program Manager, you will own end-to-end material readiness, central warehouse inventory accuracy, and component availability powering our 500+ vehicle build and active data-collection fleet. You are the operational lead for material flow across our central warehouse, assembly factory (upfitter), and downstream spares pipeline. Your core mandate is 100% Clear-To-Build (CTB) availability—balancing hands-on warehouse problem-solving with data-driven inventory tools to protect factory uptime and maximize fleet availability.

Core Responsibilities Drive Tactical Execution & Shortage Resolution:
Act as the core operational escalation point for our hardware supply pipeline. Personally lead the resolution of day-to-day part shortages, delivery delays, and warehouse bottlenecks to guarantee the vehicle assembly line never goes down.

Own Central Warehouse Inventory & Spares Fulfillment:
Assume ultimate accountability for physical inventory accuracy, receiving workflows, and stock control at our central warehouse. Manage the initial high-volume material pipeline to the vehicle manufacturing factory, and coordinate the downstream spares fulfillment network to ship critical hardware to active data collection cities as operations scale.

Guarantee 100% Clear-To-Build (CTB) Status:
Take direct ownership of part-level availability and material readiness for the build line and field garages. Establish strict min/max safety stock levels, reorder points (ROPs), and incoming inspection protocols to eliminate line-stoppage risks for custom sensors, harnesses, and compute blocks.

Drive Factory Material Readiness & ECO Governance:
Align central warehouse inventory directly with the factory’s production schedule and track configuration changes against the production M-BOM to catch component shortages early. Manage Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) on the shop floor, quarantining obsolete Rev-A parts and ensuring 100% data integrity across on-the-ground warehouse contractors.

Synchronize Upfitter & Delivery Pipelines:
Partner closely with internal sourcing to track part-level ETAs and manage inbound material flow to external build partners (e.g., Roush). Resolve shortage escalations internally to guarantee zero line stoppages on the assembly floor.

Define WMS Requirements & Systems Integration:
Partner with internal software teams as the operational lead to define data schemas, PO-linking workflows, and functional requirements for our custom Warehouse Management System (WMS). Ensure the system accurately tracks serialized hardware, enables financial traceability to POs, and provides real-time material visibility from receiving to assembly and field garages.

Qualifications5+ Years of NPI Supply Chain & Materials Track Record:
Proven experience managing physical inventory, clear-to-build (CTB) tracking, or spare-parts distribution networks within high-complexity hardware industries (e.g., autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, automotive manufacturing, or high-density hardware deployment).BOM & Configuration Literacy:
Strong competency parsing complex, multi-variant hardware Bills of Materials (EBOM/MBOM) and Engineering…