Operations Specialist

Company Overview We're seeking professionals who can help us challenge the status quo of the electronics design industry. We are accelerating the world's hardware ingenuity by blending generative AI, ML, and novel approaches to electronics simulation and validation. We're providing our enthusiastic enterprise customers intelligent and automated access to the most advanced validation tools to eliminate respins, helping engineers of all levels deliver their designs faster, cheaper, and with less waste. We are a small team of innovators who are passionate about fundamentally improving how electrical engineers deliver electronics designs with higher confidence. Our founders are responsible for creating the largest product development firm in the US, and for building Azure Quantum at Microsoft. Position Overview We're expanding our design review operations team. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our Senior Operations Lead to process customer designs through our analysis pipeline, building the capacity we need as we scale processing volume by 10x. Together, you'll partner with our development team so that engineering can stay focused on building and improving our technical tools and automation systems. Core Responsibility Execute design ingestion, processing, and delivery alongside the Operations team, absorbing operational load so our development team can stay focused on tooling improvements. Key Responsibilities Execute hands-on data entry, component analysis, and design processing tasks Shepherd individual designs through the pipeline, tracking progress and flagging bottlenecks Participate in peer review of processed designs to maintain quality standards Help refine and document standard operating procedures as the team learns what works Analyze processing times and surface operational inefficiencies Provide structured feedback to the development team leads on tooling friction and improvement opportunities based on hands-on user experience Support stakeholder communication regarding status and delivery timelines Contribute to operational metrics and dashboards What Success Looks Like Throughput: Meaningful reduction in design processing time-to-completion as team capacity grows Quality: Increased throughput without sacrificing quality standards Predictability: Improved milestone delivery timeline accuracy Team focus: Reduced operational burden on the development team Product improvement: Concrete, prioritized feedback that helps the development team improve tooling based on hands-on user experience Scalability: Demonstrated ability to take on growing customer demand alongside the Senior Operations Lead Required Qualifications Technical foundation: Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent hands-on experience) Process experience: 1-3 years in quality control operations, technical support, or related process roles within an electronics or engineering environment. Recent graduates with strong project work in datasheet-heavy or component-level analysis are encouraged to apply. Hands-on orientation: Comfortable spending the majority of your time executing the work, not just thinking about it Essential Skills & Characteristics Technical Competency Strong electronics knowledge enabling effective communication with practicing engineers Systems thinking ability to see how individual tasks fit into the broader workflow Process-oriented mindset with a curiosity for finding small improvements Operational Excellence Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to keep multiple designs moving in parallel Detail-oriented with proactive issue identification Multi-tasking proficiency managing concurrent designs and priorities Problem-solving focus on identifying and surfacing process inefficiencies Communication & Collaboration Bridge-building skills interfacing between technical and business teams Comfort working as part of a small, tightly-coordinated team where peer review and informal handoffs are the norm Clear communication regarding status, blockers, and deliverables Role Differentiation This is a hands-on operations contributor role, not a project manager or operations leader. You'll be an individual contributor on our operations team, working as a peer to other operations specialists and reporting alongside our Senior Operations Lead, who oversees end-to-end design processing and operational strategy. The role requires deep technical domain understanding and a strong appetite for hands-on work. Over time, individuals on the operations team will be encouraged to specialize in areas where they add the most leverage, whether that's specific design domains, deeper tooling collaboration with engineering, or customer-facing communication. Growth Opportunity This role offers the opportunity to grow with the company as we scale processing volume and streamline automated analysis delivery. As the operations team grows, individual contributors will have the chance to deepen technical specialization, take on broader scope within their area of expertise.