The posting
Make it rain. Make Snow. Make Earth Habitable.
Rainmaker builds and deploys audacious technologies that work with nature to create an abundant, habitable planet. We are modernizing proven cloud-seeding science with weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing and validation systems, and sustainable seeding technologies. We are building an integrated system to make more freshwater available to farms, ecosystems, and communities.
Our ambition is bold, but we pursue it with humility. We take on difficult problems in the real world with technical rigor, grit, integrity, and an openness to learning and course-correcting. We are hiring individuals with evidence of exceptional ability. If you want to build systems that endure, restore and deliver the future we were promised, we want to hear from you.
Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. We develop and integrate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.
Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by hard problems, new territory, and the opportunity to lead programs that have real impact on water resources, we want to hear from you.
As Rainmaker's Logistics Director, you will own the build out of a logistics landscape that is evolving, with many processes, systems, and operating standards that still need to be defined. You will build programs and strategy that support Rainmaker's manufacturing, test facilities, and field operations teams and their goal of making water more abundant.
Responsibilities
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- Lead logistics across headquarters, manufacturing, test facilities, and field operations, including transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and returns.
- Plan and execute equipment deployment, site mobilization, resupply, and demobilization across operating regions.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Field Operations to ensure aircraft, spare parts, batteries, seeding materials, and support equipment are available ahead of mission requirements.
- Establish regional storage locations, distribution routes, and contingency plans to support expansion and rapid deployment.
- Manage inventory accuracy, serialized asset tracking, critical spares, and replenishment levels across all locations.
- Select and manage carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics providers; negotiate contracts and hold partners accountable for cost and delivery performance.
- Oversee receiving, storage, packaging, and shipping procedures to protect equipment and maintain material traceability.
- Coordinate equipment recovery, repair shipments, and replacement deliveries to minimize operational downtime.
- Implement logistics systems and processes that improve shipment visibility, inventory control, and coordination between teams.
- Own the logistics budget and improve delivery reliability, deployment readiness, freight costs, and inventory utilization.
- Ensure compliance with applicable transportation, hazardous materials, customs, and import/export requirements.
- Hire, train, and lead the logistics team; resolve critical shortages and transportation issues supporting field operations.
Qualifications
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- 6-10 years of progressively responsible experience in logistics, transportation, warehousing, inventory management, supply chain operations, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience building a logistics function, network, or major capability from an early or undefined stage into a disciplined, scalable operation.
- Experience leading logistics in a fast-growing, operationally complex, or geographically distributed environment.
- Strong record of creating processes and systems where limited infrastructure, incomplete information, or unclear ownership previously existed.
- Willingness and ability to operate as a hands-on leader, moving comfortably between long-term strategy, process design, team leadership and direct operational problem solving.
- Experience supporting time-sensitive deployments, field operations, manufacturing operations, or complex technical equipment.
- Strong knowledge of domestic transportation, warehousing, inventory controls, serialized asset management, reverse logistics, and third-party logistics management.
- Experience selecting and implementing inventory, warehouse, transportation, or shipment-tracking systems and negotiating with and managing carriers, freight forwarders, custom brokers, warehouses, and third-party logistics providers.
- Working knowledge of hazardous-materials transportation, lithium-battery shipping, customs, and import/export requirements and developing programs with requirements in mind.
- Experience developing budgets, operating metrics, service-level expectations, and continuous-improvement programs.
- Strong analytical judgment and the ability to make sound decisions quickly when information is incomplete and operational timelines are compressed.
- Experience hiring, developing and leading logistics or supply chain teams.
- Willingness to travel and provide support outside standard business hours when deployments or critical operational issues require it.
- Experience in aerospace, aviation, robotics, advanced manufacturing, defense, energy, agriculture, or another field involving complex techinical assets, hardware and distributed operatons preferred.
Supporting the Rainmakers behind the mission
Making earth more habitable is ambitious work and we want the people doing it to feel supported:
- A stake in what we build: Meaningful stock options and the opportunity to help shape Rainmaker as an early member of the team.
- Support for your health: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
- An investment in your future: A 401(k) with employer matching to help you build long-term savings.
- Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO for rest, exploration, and the people and pursuits that matter to you plus a generous paid holiday schedule.
- Time for a growing family: Paid parental leave for both parents to welcome a child and spend time together.
- Lunch together: Daily lunch provided at our El Segundo headquarters, giving Rainmakers a chance to share a meal and connect with teammates.
- Help making the move: Relocation assistance for eligible roles to support your transition to Rainmaker.
Rainmaker Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Rainmaker provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for other protected reasons as required by law. If you need accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, contact [email protected]. Requests for accommodation will be handled confidentially to the extent reasonably possible.
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