Jobs in Sausalito

A leading corporate venture and innovation team at a global mobility firm HQ'd in Asia is hiring an Associate / Senior Associate to help lead early-stage investments and oversee strategic partnerships with high-growth startsup in various sectors including mobility, deep tech, climate tech, AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and energy.

Please note that this position will begin as a 6 to 12 month contract, with the goal of transitioning to a long term full-time perm hire. The team has a strong track record of converting contractors into full-time roles, and this position is being scoped with long-term fit in mind.

This role sits at the intersection of venture investing, corporate development, and tech integration—ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving, cross-functional environments and is passionate about emerging technologies. This is a rare opportunity to join a venture group backed by a Fortune Global 100 company — focused not on financial return, but on investing for long-term strategic technology advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Source and evaluate early-stage startups (Seed to Series B) across sectors like climate tech, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and AI
• Lead proofs of concept (POCs) and internal pilot projects with engineering and business teams
• Conduct strategic diligence and support investment decisions
• Manage post-investment partnerships and cross-functional implementation
• Coordinate with global stakeholders, including R&D and innovation teams abroad

Candidate Profile:

• 2–7+ years of experience in corporate development, corporate venture capital, VC, innovation, or strategic partnership
• Strong understanding of startups and emerging technology trends
• Technical or engineering background preferred
• Experience with pilot programs, startup collaboration, or venture incubation is a plus
• Comfortable navigating complex organizations and building cross-functional consensus
• Japanese language fluency a strong plus but not required

Position Title: Quality Manager

Immediate Supervisor: Executive Owner

General Purpose: This key leadership position is responsible for leading all aspects of Quality processes and systems, managing the Quality Management System (QMS), internal and external audits, regulatory and safety compliance, and leading a team of Quality Technicians, Process Engineers and Learning and Development Coordinators in a manufacturing environment. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement, ensure product integrity, and exceed customer expectations. This role is with a small, family-owned contract manufacturing company that is rapidly expanding, fueled by New Product Introductions and the development of full-scale production capabilities.

Responsibilities:

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Customer Response Team:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for quality-related communications with customers and suppliers.
• Manage customer complaints, lead investigations, and coordinate timely, effective resolution.

Manage ISO Certification

• Maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with ISO 13485 and applicable customer/regulatory requirements.
• Own Document Control for QMS and production documents (Work Orders, labels, Certificates of Conformance, inspection forms), ensuring revision control, approvals, controlled release, and record retention.
• Lead internal and external audits (customer, supplier, registrar), including audit preparation, execution, follow-up, and reporting to the Executive Team.
• Own the metrology and test equipment program (calipers, gauges, vision systems, clean room monitoring equipment, etc.), including calibration/verification, status control, and records management.
• Oversee equipment qualifications and process validations to ensure ongoing compliance and product integrity.

Manage Quality Assurance Processes

• Drive robust Root Cause Analysis and CAPA execution for internal and external nonconformances.
• Lead and develop the Quality team, including supervision of Quality Technicians and daily quality execution on the production floor.
• Manage supplier quality performance, including supplier evaluations, audits, incoming quality issues, and nonconformance resolution.
• Maintain clean room quality standards, environmental controls, and monitoring/testing protocols.
• Assess quality organizational needs and build a high-performing team aligned with business growth and customer requirements.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Lead and oversee the company’s Continuous Improvement (CI) program to drive process optimization, quality performance, and operational excellence.
• Partner cross-functionally to identify improvement opportunities, implement solutions, and sustain gains.
• Partner with company leadership to define quality strategy, establish KPIs, and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate and implement best practices, tools, technologies, and systems that strengthen quality, compliance, and manufacturing capability.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce manufacturing SOPs, work instructions, and standard work to ensure consistent execution and training alignment.
• Identify and mitigate operational risks affecting product quality, safety, delivery performance, and regulatory/customer compliance.
• Manage organizational safety programs, including compliance with the IIPP (Injury and Illness Prevention Program) and related safety requirements.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Lead and oversee company-wide training and employee development programs, including the implementation, development, and leadership of quality- and safety-related training, to support performance, compliance, and organizational capability, and ensure employees are competent to perform assigned duties and meet QMS requirements.
• Administer the Learning Management System (LMS), maintaining current training content, training matrices, and complete/accurate training records to support audits and continuous improvement.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quality, manufacturing, engineering, or medical device related field.
• 4+ years in a Quality leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years managing a QMS within ISO 13485 or other ISO Standards within a manufacturing environment, and leading customer/supplier audits.
• Proven experience with precision component manufacturing and contract manufacturing environments.
• Hands-on experience with CAPA, root cause investigations, and quality metrics.
• Familiarity with medical device manufacturing and regulated industries (Preferred).
• Familiarity with applying principles of Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints and/or Six Sigma Problem Solving.

Qualifications:

• Proficient in interpreting engineering drawings and using inspection equipment.
• Strong organization and communication skills; experience delivering training.
• Comfortable working independently and leading small teams.
• Ability to effectively serve as the primary point of contact for all quality-related communications.
• Aptitude for working within a small family business environment where responsibilities and priorities can change quickly.
• Spanish-speaking ability (Preferred).
• Must be available for full-time, on-site work in San Carlos, CA.

Physical demands:

• Combination of office and plant production floor presence for supervision, inspections, and clean room management.
• Ability to sit at a desk for periods of time for planning and reporting.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods on the plant floor.
• Operate standard office equipment and hand controls.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds (e.g., supplies, production files).
• Observe visually distance, color, periphery and depth; ability to adjust focus.

What We Offer: 

• Full time permanent role with competitive salary and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k) + matching)
• $110,000 - $140,000 per year
• Opportunity to grow within a technically advanced converting business working with top-tier customers and materials

**Disclaimer: This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties/responsibilities or aspects of the job, and additional duties/responsibilities may be assigned from time to time as necessitated by business demands and/or operational considerations at the sole discretion of the Employer. This job description does not constitute a contract of employment and the employment relationship between Employee and Employer is at-will.

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Bay Area, CA (On-site: Richmond, CA)

Full-Time

Confidential | Drug Testing Industry (Stealth Mode)

Peoplework LLC is looking for a highly motivated Quality Assurance Supervisor to join our client’s team! The primary role will responsible for developing, establishing and maintaining quality systems programs, policies, processes, procedures, training materials, and controls enhancing the performance and quality of products to demonstrate conformance to established standards and regulations. This position reports to the SVP of Operations.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

·       Manage quality program for the company in support of new production line bring up, product related manufacturing activities and document control.

·       Issuance of batch records and labels for commercial product manufacturing.

·       Own production documentation review and product release, issuance of batch records and labels for commercial product manufacturing.

·       Responsible for incoming receiving and QC activities.

·       Lead complaint, CAPA, and training record initiation and completion.

·       Assist troubleshooting activities, including root cause analysis, to achieve a timely resolution.

·       Author and review relevant departmental documentation.

·       Ensure compliance is adhered to for review requirement for all documents.

·       Maintenance of controlled document program including upgrades to QMS when required.

·       Provide support for document control function through routing, review, distribution, approval, and release of documents.

·       Process Standard Operating Procedures, Batch Records, Validation Documents, Miscellaneous Reports, Forms, and Material Specifications through Greenlight Guru.

·       Manage Training program, including initiation of training required as a result of new hire, document change, CAPA, etc.

·       Management of the Document Control archive room including organization, filing and retrieval of documents as needed.

·       Adherence to the Corporate and Company record retention policy for documents stored within the Document Control archive room.

·       Assess resource needs to assure that the accurate level of quality support is provided when needed with the competencies needed.

·       Maintain effective Quality Metrics and define and execute activities to resolve decreases in performance.

·       Establishes and maintains Quality milestones and timelines

·       Represent Quality Systems as required in support of cross-functional team projects.

·       Identify Quality Initiatives and lead cross-functional teams to complete them and provide guidance and direction of the Quality Systems Body-of-Knowledge

·       Identify opportunities to apply, continuously improve, and redefine quality systems and controls for all divisional product-related processes in accordance with applicable internal, domestic and international quality regulations, US 21 CFR 820 (QSR), ISO 13485, etc.

·       Assist in hiring process and creation of relevant job descriptions.

·       Manages staff; provides staff with coaching, training and opportunities to develop skills, and gives ongoing, constructive and timely feedback on performance and progress toward goals and expectations.

Experience

·       Bachelor's degree in science, engineering or related field.

·       5+ years professional experience in medical device or related fields.

·       1+ years of direct supervisory experience in an industrial setting.

·       Experience working in a quality system environment, or related combination of education and work experience.

·       Previous experience in medical device manufacturing environment.

·       Effective planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize, multitask and work with a high degree of accuracy and recall.

·       Strong written, oral, interpersonal, group and telephone communication skills.

·       Work with Subject Matter Experts to provide demonstrations as needed.

·       Experience working with Electronic Document Management Systems preferred.

·       Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Products including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

·       Strong customer service skills.

Work Habits

·       Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team to achieve project goals and timelines is required.

·       Strong verbal, written communication skills, including the ability to communicate efficiently with multiple people both internally and externally.

·       Ability to prepare and present information to groups.

·       Uses professional methods to contribute to the development of company concepts and principles and to achieve objectives in creative and effective ways.

·       Ability to lead and motivate others in both matrixed and direct-line management environments.

Why This Role

• Join a confidential, early-stage drug testing company with meaningful impact on assay development and lab operations
• Opportunity to work closely with scientists, engineers, and quality teams
• Competitive compensation and benefits; salary range: $115,000-$120,000/year

Due to the stealth nature of the organization, additional details will be shared during the interview process.

Interested?

Apply directly or message me to learn more.

A high-growth AI hardware company is hiring RTL Design Engineers to help develop next-generation compute platforms for large-scale machine learning workloads. The team is building vertically integrated silicon and system solutions designed to power advanced AI training and inference with exceptional efficiency and performance.

This is an opportunity to work across architecture and RTL, delivering complex SoC designs that sit at the core of modern AI infrastructure.

What You’ll Do:

• Contribute to scalable architecture-to-RTL methodologies spanning block, subsystem, and full-chip design
• Own subsystem and/or chip-level deliverables from microarchitecture definition through sign-off-ready RTL
• Drive design reviews and milestone tracking, including progress toward area and timing closure, design freeze, and tapeout
• Partner closely with Verification, DFT, and Physical Design teams to achieve best-in-class Performance, Power, and Area (PPA)
• Support structured handoff and collaboration across downstream siliconization flows

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven concept-to-production experience delivering ASIC/SoC subsystems or top-level designs from architectural specification through silicon
• Strong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog, Python, C/C++, Bluespec, or similar languages used in chip development
• Demonstrated experience designing high-performance compute architectures (CPUs, GPUs, accelerators), high-speed connectivity, memory management, and related subsystems
• Experience validating your own designs and partnering with verification teams to achieve performance targets and coverage closure
• Hands-on experience with synthesis, equivalence checking, linting, clock-domain crossing analysis, and related sign-off flows
• Working knowledge of DFT and physical design methodologies to enable high test coverage and optimized timing, power, and area

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with verification and emulation platforms and methodologies
• Experience participating in silicon bring-up and post-silicon debug
• Hands-on experience implementing silicon and firmware-based hardware security features such as Root of Trust (RoT), secure boot, lifecycle state machines, key management, TRNG interfaces, secure debug, secure firmware updates, access control, and memory protection

This role is ideal for engineers who want deep ownership of complex SoC design and to directly contribute to the silicon enabling the next wave of AI systems.

Senior Technical Support Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA | Raleigh, NC | Dallas, TX | Boston, MA

Schedule: Hybrid – 3 days onsite required

Employment Type: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire

Pay Rate: $65–68/hour

Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

The Technical Solutions team is focused on advancing care and research innovation. We support new business initiatives by expanding product capabilities in strategic areas and delivering a scalable technical support framework across multiple product portfolios.

As a Senior Technical Support Engineer, you will partner closely with internal stakeholders to identify, reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues. You will support infrastructure, permissions, and configuration changes while delivering high-level technical support and sustaining engineering services that help customers achieve meaningful business outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with customers, developers, architects, and operations teams to solve challenging, high-impact problems. You will also contribute to building support tooling and infrastructure to improve operational efficiency.

Travel up to 10% may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage technical customer issues from identification through full resolution
• Reproduce and troubleshoot complex technical problems, including reviewing and analyzing code to determine root cause
• Project manage new client deployment issues through to completion
• Implement infrastructure, security, and permissions configuration changes
• Drive operational efficiencies by identifying improvements in process, tooling, and product functionality
• Develop playbooks and knowledge base documentation to streamline issue resolution
• Create internal reports and dashboards for issue tracking and performance monitoring

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
• Cloud operations experience (creating buckets, virtual machines, and managing security access controls/IAM)
• 3+ years of experience with Python or another object-oriented programming language
• 3+ years of experience working with SQL
• Experience troubleshooting data-related issues
• Proficiency with GitHub and Jira
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to track complex technical details
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings for both senior developers and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in healthcare technology
• Experience supporting highly regulated software environments
• Experience with R
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) experience such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
• Self-starter mindset with strong ownership and a passion for driving issues through to resolution

Director of Business Development

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Type: Full-Time, Remote

Package: $130-150k base + uncapped comission

I'm partnering with a leading global preclinical CRO, this role is all about building and growing their presence in the U.S. They provide integrated preclinical R&D services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide, supporting drug discovery and development from start to finish.

Role Responabilities

-Refine internal processes & review project reports

-Hunt down and secure new business opportunities

-Represent the company at events, conferences & networking sessions

-Draft proposals, contracts & cost estimates that win projects

-Build & grow strong client relationships

-Provide strategic market insights to guide growth

-Ensure projects run smoothly and clients stay delighted

Key Qualities

-Strong scientific foundation in preclinical drug discovery

-3+ years’ experience in business development (pharma, biotech, CROs)

-Familiarity with U.S. pharma/biotech landscape & networks

-Confident presenting in English

-Excellent analytical, communication & organizational skills

-Willingness to travel frequently

If the above interests you, and you'd like to discuss the opportunity in further detail, press apply!

Compensation

$170k-$225k

0.17%-1.04%

TLDR

We are growing fast, profitable, and need to hire a Founding Back End Engineer ASAP. This role is focused on selling Neon’s automation platform to healthcare and life sciences organizations, owning the full sales cycle from prospecting through close. Ideal candidates have enterprise SaaS sales experience, thrive in high-growth environments, and are motivated to build a category-defining company. You should have at least 4 years of experience.

Our Market

The crisis: Sarah delayed cancer treatment for weeks facing massive monthly costs. Marcus's autoimmune condition worsened while battling insurance denials.

Over 50% of critical prescriptions are abandoned due to:

• Cost barriers: Patients with high copays are 5x more likely to abandon treatment
• Insurance maze: Complex prior authorizations block access
• Logistical challenges: Coordinating medical visits for treatments

Neon's technology eliminates these obstacles by automating patient access workflows for pharma companies: —automating authorizations, streamlining benefits verification, and unlocking financial assistance.

Why Join?

• Frighteningly ambitious: We’re seasoned builders on a mission to create a $200B+ company—on the scale of Palantir or ServiceNow—serving the largest healthcare enterprises.
• Experienced founding team: Built by exited founders, YC & MIT alum, ex-Tesla, ex-Google engineers.
• Hypergrowth with stability: We went from initial idea to 7+ figure customer contracts in just 4 months—in an industry where sales cycles typically take 12-18 months. We are profitable and relentlessly focused on execution.
• Powerhouse backing: We’re funded by elite Silicon Valley VCs who've backed unicorns like DoorDash, Lyft, and Mammoth Biosciences. And strategic healthcare investors with deep industry connections.
• Outsized impact & opportunity: Work at the intersection of agentic AI, healthcare transformation, and life-changing patient outcomes.

Required Skills

Technical skills:

• Proficiency with Node, Typescript, and Python.
• Good understanding of system design concepts - distributed systems, reliability/performance tradeoffs
• Experience in API design, implementation, and documentation
• Experience using AI coding tools (Cursor, Github Copilot, Claude, etc)
• Experience working with CI/CD systems and good DevOps skills a nice to have
• Excellent documentation and testing habits
• Proficiency with version control (Git)

Soft skills:

• 10x mindset - you’ll be among the first engineering hires!
• You are a fun human!
• Good time management and planning skills

Experience

4-7 years of experience (or equivalent) as a software engineer.

We’re leveling this role to Pave’s “P4” level: Leads project teams, provides direction, and keeps stakeholders informed. Determines key milestones and provides updates and check-ins to relevant teams and partners.

• You are able to work with the rest of the team to:
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• Define priorities
• Suggest good solutions
• Excel at implementation
• You pick up concepts quickly, pattern match on past problems.
• You are obsessed with speed and quality, and help embed that quality into the rest of the team.
• You are self-directed, and do not need help organizing / prioritizing your time.

Specific project experience

• Nice if you have worked on distributed architectures in the past, but not a strict requirement.
• You must have experience working on projects touching many parts of a large codebase.

Chef de Cuisine - California - $100,000 - $130,000

A highly respected, chef-driven restaurant group in California is seeking a talented Chef de Cuisine to join one of its flagship concepts. This is an opportunity to work with a team known for refined cuisine, exceptional ingredients, and a commitment to the highest culinary standards. The group operates a number of acclaimed restaurants and continues to push the boundaries of modern dining while maintaining a strong culture of mentorship and collaboration.

We are looking for a chef with a strong background in Michelin-starred kitchens who thrives in a disciplined, detail-driven environment and is passionate about leading high-performing teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead daily kitchen operations, ensuring consistency, precision, and execution at the highest level
• Manage and mentor the culinary team, maintaining a strong culture of professionalism and development
• Work closely with the Executive Chef on menu execution, seasonal changes, and creative input
• Maintain strict standards for food quality, presentation, and kitchen organization
• Oversee ordering, inventory management, and cost controls to support financial targets
• Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and sanitation standards

Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Sous Chef or Chef de Cuisine in a Michelin-starred or equivalent fine dining restaurant
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing high-level culinary teams
• Deep understanding of seasonal ingredients, refined technique, and modern plating standards
• Experience operating in structured, high-performance kitchens
• Ability to maintain excellence in a high-volume, detail-focused service environment
• Passion for hospitality, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement

What’s on Offer:

• Salary - $100,000 - $130,000 depending on experience
• Opportunity to work within one of California’s most respected culinary groups
• Career growth within a portfolio of award-winning restaurants
• Collaborative environment with some of the industry’s top culinary talent

If you have Michelin-level training and are ready to take the next step in your leadership career, we would love to connect.

Executive Chef - California - $120,000 - $150,000

A highly regarded restaurant group in California is seeking an Executive Chef to lead one of its acclaimed dining concepts. Known for refined cuisine, exceptional ingredients, and a strong commitment to culinary excellence, the group operates several celebrated restaurants and continues to set the standard for modern fine dining.

This role is ideal for a proven culinary leader who has developed their craft in Michelin-starred kitchens. The Executive Chef will drive the culinary vision, lead and mentor a talented brigade, and ensure the highest standards of execution across every service.

Responsibilities

• Lead all culinary operations, ensuring consistent execution, quality, and presentation at a Michelin-level standard.
• Develop and evolve menus with a focus on seasonality, technique, and premium ingredients.
• Recruit, train, and mentor a high-performing culinary team while maintaining a strong kitchen culture.
• Manage food costs, labor, and purchasing while maintaining quality and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with ownership and senior leadership on concept development and long-term culinary direction.
• Maintain strict standards for food safety, organization, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Previous experience as an Executive Chef or Senior Sous Chef in a Michelin-starred or equivalent fine dining restaurant.
• Strong leadership ability with experience managing and developing large culinary teams.
• Deep knowledge of modern fine dining techniques and seasonal ingredient-driven cooking.
• Proven ability to manage food cost, labor, and kitchen financial performance.
• Experience leading structured, high-performance kitchens with exacting standards.
• Passion for mentorship, hospitality, and continuous culinary innovation.

What’s on Offer

• Salary - $120,000 – $150,000 depending on experience.
• Opportunity to lead a kitchen within one of California’s most respected restaurant groups.
• Creative freedom within a highly regarded culinary organization.
• Long-term growth potential within a portfolio of award-winning restaurants.