Component Engineer

SGS Consulting

Sunnyvale (CA)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

SGS Consulting is seeking a Component Engineer to own qualification and supply-risk management of electrical, electromechanical, and optoelectronic components for RL hardware products. This role bridges EE design, sourcing, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to qualify parts and reduce supply risks from NPI through sustaining.

The candidate will review and qualify components, run second- and multi-sourcing, determine criticality, manage new part requests, and support ECNs and PCNs across NPI

Qualifications

BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials, or related field required.
5+ years in component/hardware engineering, supplier quality, or supply-chain roles.
Experience with qualification/reliability methods and data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

Review, qualify, and approve electrical / EM / optoelectronic components for production.
Execute second- and multi-sourcing to de-risk supply and reduce cost.
Determine component criticality and define qual path with EE reviewers; manage New Part Requests.
Track ECNs and PCNs across NPI and sustaining products; perform up-screening and derating.
Own advanced BOM risk reviews and maintain EE BOM integrity across portfolios.
Partner with GSM and Cost teams; support supplier inquiries and shortages.

Skills

Component engineering

Supplier quality

Supply chain engineering

Passive components

Active components

Datasheets

Qualification methods

Up-screening

Derating

Failure analysis

PLM Agile/Teamcenter

AVL/BOM management

ECN/PCN processes

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Materials

Tools

PLM (Agile/Teamcenter)

AVL/BOM management

ECN/PCN processes

Job description

Hybrid - Sunnyvale, CA or Fremont, CA or Burlingame, CA

Role summary:

Component Engineers (CEs) own the technical qualification and supply-risk management of electrical, electromechanical, and optoelectronic components across RL hardware products. The CE is the bridge between EE design, GSM/Strategic Sourcing, contract manufacturers, and component suppliers -- ensuring every part on the EE BOM is qualified, multi-sourced where possible, and free of supply, cost, or quality risk from NPI through sustaining.

Responsibilities:

Review, qualify, and approve electrical / electromechanical / optoelectronic components (resistors, capacitors, ICs, connectors, discretes, inductors, filters, timing devices, PCB/FPC, camera/optics/display/battery modules) for production use.
Execute second-sourcing and multi-sourcing activities (paper vs. build qualification) in alignment with sourcing strategy and guidance, to de-risk supply, mitigate EOL / allocation / lead-time / PCN-driven shortages, and reduce cost.
Determine component criticality (Class A/B/C) and define the qual path with EE reviewers; manage New Part Requests and feed qualified MPNs into the AVL, PLM (Teamcenter), and CBOM.
Execute ECNs and track PCNs across NPI and sustaining products; perform up-screening, derating, and component-level failure analysis.
Own advanced BOM risk reviews -- catching component issues upfront and maintaining EE BOM integrity across the portfolio.
Partner with GSM (commercial/allocation) and PCE (cost) as the technical counterpart on Category A/B parts; support CM component inquiries and shortage escalations.

Minimum Qualifications:

BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials, or related field.
5+ years in component/hardware engineering, supplier quality, or supply-chain engineering.
Working knowledge of passive/active components, datasheets, and qualification/reliability methods (up-screening, derating, FA).
Experience with PLM (Agile/Teamcenter), AVL/BOM management, and ECN/PCN processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Consumer electronics / high-volume hardware NPI experience.
Electrical Engineering experience
Track record introducing alternate sources at scale and driving cost savings.
Direct experience with contract manufacturers and component suppliers across regions.
Strong proficiency in leveraging AI tools and CE expertise to develop data-mining solutions and design guidelines that enable GSM and EE teams to make data-driven decisions.

Key Projects/Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Support all of RL programs
Understand mpn’s should belong to one part or a new part is needed, or removed
Support some of the commercial related administrative work
EE Engineering Background and understand the market
Analyst supporting, provide recommendations to the EE engineer

Must-Have Skills:

5+ years in component/hardware engineering, supplier quality, or supply-chain engineering. Working knowledge of passive/active components, datasheets, and qualification/reliability methods (up-screening, derating, FA).
Experience with PLM (Agile/Teamcenter), AVL/BOM management, and ECN/PCN processes

Nice-to-have Skills:

Track record introducing alternate sources at scale and driving cost savings.
Direct experience with contract manufacturers and component suppliers across regions.
Consumer electronics / high-volume hardware NPI experience/ EE background
Strong proficiency in leveraging AI tools and CE expertise to develop data-mining solutions and design guidelines that enable GSM and EE teams to make data-driven decisions.

How will performance be measured?