Component Engineer - Reality Labs Hardware, Strategic Sourcing

Elantis; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Elantis is seeking a Component Engineer to own qualification and supply-risk management for electrical, electromechanical, and optoelectronic parts across RL hardware products. You will bridge EE design, sourcing, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to ensure a qualified, multi-sourced BOM with minimized supply, cost, and quality risks from NPI through sustaining.

The role requires 5+ years in component/hardware engineering or related fields, strong PLM/AVL/BOM experience, and the ability to

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials, or related field.
• 5+ years experience 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.

Responsibilities

• Review, qualify, and approve electrical/electromechanical/optoelectronic components for production use.
• Execute second-sourcing and multi-sourcing activities to de-risk supply and reduce lead-time shortages.
• Determine component criticality and define qual path with EE reviewers; manage New Part Requests and feed qualified MPNs into AVL/PLM/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 and maintain EE BOM integrity across the portfolio.
• Partner with GSM and PCE as the technical counterpart on Category A/B parts; support CM inquiries and shortage escalations.
• AI related experiences.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials, or related field.

Skills

Experience in component hardware

Second sourcing

BOM/AVL management

ECN/PCN processes

Teamcenter PLM

AI data analytics

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials, or related field

Tools

Teamcenter

AVL management tools

Job description

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.

Key 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.
• AI related experiences
• 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

• 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.