Supply Chain Operations Intern

About Base

Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

About the Role

Base is building a vertically-integrated residential energy company - hardware, software, and field operations all under one roof. As a Supply Chain Operations Intern, you’ll work directly with the teams standing up Factory 1 and scaling deployments across Texas. This is not a shadowing internship: you’ll own real problems that sit at the intersection of manufacturing, logistics, and software. You’ll help turn manual workflows into repeatable processes, improve how material moves from suppliers → factory → field, and build the tooling and analysis that lets us install batteries faster and more reliably.

What You’ll Do

• Support sourcing and purchasing initiatives across key components, improving supply assurance, lead time reliability, cost, and quality

• Partner closely with engineering and suppliers to hit build schedules while managing total cost of ownership

• Help design material flow and warehouse processes for Factory 1 and field deployment operations

• Tune planning parameters (min/max levels, reorder points, safety stock) and improve inventory accuracy and availability

• Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics with 3PLs and carriers; troubleshoot shipment delays and drive resolution

• Prepare shipment documentation and ensure compliance with operational and regulatory requirements

• Analyze operational data and build simple tools, dashboards, or trackers that remove manual work and increase visibility across the supply chain

What You’ll Bring

• Currently pursuing a degree in Supply Chain, Industrial/Systems Engineering, Operations, Business Analytics, Engineering Management, or similar

• Comfort working cross-functionally with engineering, finance, legal, field operations, and software teams

• Internship or project experience in operations, manufacturing, product, logistics, or business analytics (hands-on experience preferred)

• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Proficiency with spreadsheets and collaboration tools (Excel/Google Sheets, Slack, docs, task trackers like Jira/Notion/Confluence)

• Familiarity with SQL, data analysis, or dashboarding tools (e.g., Tableau/Looker/PowerBI) is a plus

• Builder mindset - enjoys ambiguity, takes ownership, and is excited to make things work better, not just analyze them

Our Values

• First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.

• Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.

• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.

• Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.

• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.

• Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.

• Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.

Do the best work of your life at Base.