About the job
Arxlight AI is hiring a Supplier Sourcing Engineer to strengthen and streamline the hardware supply chain in Oakland. This position covers supplier selection, cost management, and hands-on support for hardware products from concept through to production. The role works closely with suppliers as well as internal teams in engineering, quality assurance, and manufacturing.
Main responsibilities
- Choose suppliers for specific products from the approved list.
- Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development by:
- Scoping concepts and defining technical requirements.
- Analyzing feature trade-offs and preparing trade tables.
- Building should-cost and clean sheet models.
- Collaborating on joint design development with clear statements of work.
- Simulating mechanical and electronics designs.
- Order and manage inventory for prototype and New Product Introduction (NPI) builds.
- Oversee the creation and consolidation of manufacturing Bills of Materials (BOM), coordinating with Quality and Manufacturing teams to support flexible production ramp-up.
- Manage capital expenditures during the NPI phase.
- Map value streams to improve efficiency and flexibility in the supply network.
- Assess BOM risks, including identifying alternate sources for components.
- Ensure all component qualifications are completed before production begins.
- Simplify processes by optimizing common components and rationalizing suppliers or parts.
- Lead cost engineering to align product costs with bottoms-up cost curves, focusing on total cost of ownership across the product lifecycle.
- Address ad-hoc cost issues, such as tariffs and inflation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in sourcing engineering, supplier management, or design of electronic and mechanical devices.
- Demonstrated skills in value or procurement engineering, or experience with total cost of ownership (TCO) at both component and product levels.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

