TAR
Operations Manager
Austin · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 15, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years.
About the job
Own day-to-day operations for TAR’s San Francisco office and robotics facility, managing equipment, vendors, purchasing, logistics, safety, and operational projects to keep technical teams unblocked.
What you'll do
- Run office and robotics-facility operations, including workshop organization, supplies, and safety practices.
- Manage tools and equipment, contractors and vendors, purchasing, parts, deliveries, and shipments between San Francisco and West Texas.
- Develop lightweight tracking processes and deliver operational projects from scope through completion.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of experience in an operational role such as workshop, lab, facility, manufacturing, or field operations.
- Track record of owning projects end to end, from ambiguous ask through delivered result.
- Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, and service providers, including negotiating scope and holding them to schedule.
- Hands-on approach, strong organization and communication, and sound judgment in low-structure situations.
Nice to have
- Operations experience at a hardware, robotics, or manufacturing startup.
- Familiarity with shop equipment and basic EHS practices; purchasing, inventory, or asset-tracking systems; or forklift certification or experience rigging and moving heavy equipment.
Pay
Up to $15K relocation bonus; $1K monthly stipend for meals
AI focus
The role supports operations at a facility building robotics and infrastructure for off-grid solar and storage campuses that power AI data centers; no direct AI development duties are stated.
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