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Salient Motion

Hardware and software electric propulsion systems

Buyer

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHawthorne, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, operations, data analysis, or a similar role.
  • Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, data cleanup, and reporting.
  • High attention to detail and strong follow-through.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering, production, finance, and suppliers.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced startup building hardware for aerospace and defense projects.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or hold a green card or EAD.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (green card holder) to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Issue purchase orders, collect supplier quotes, track open orders, maintain accurate supplier and pricing data, and build reports to support purchasing and planning decisions.
  • Work closely with engineering, production, finance, and operations to help ensure materials are available when needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Technical or engineering background.
  • Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, Epicor, or similar.
  • Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, hardware, or another complex product environment.
  • Familiarity with purchase orders, supplier quotes, lead times, inventory data, and basic procurement workflows.
  • Exposure to bills of materials (BOMs), product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, or engineering-driven product development.
  • Awareness of AS9100, ITAR/EAR, or regulated manufacturing environments.

About the Company

Salient Motion

Hardware and software electric propulsion systems

Salient Motion builds advanced electric propulsion and actuation systems for aerospace, robotics, drones, and mobility. It combines hardware and software to simplify and improve propulsion performance, with products like motor controllers and propulsion systems that are easy to integrate and come with user-friendly validation software. The company uses proprietary motor control schemes that minimize debugging, and it manufactures using exclusively domestic parts and PCB fabrication in California to ensure fast delivery and high quality. This differentiates Salient Motion from competitors by offering an end-to-end, domestically produced solution with straightforward software tools and reliable performance. The goal is to help engineers and developers deploy dependable, efficient propulsion systems quickly and with less integration effort.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$12M
Headquarters
Torrance, CA
Founded
2022

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