Global Supply Manager - Electrical & Electronics

Apptronik; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik is seeking a Global Supply Manager — Electrical & Electronics to own sourcing strategy for PCB, PCBA/EMS, harnessing, compute modules, sensors, and board-level components. You will define supply-base architectures, run RFQs, and lead supplier selection and agreements.

You will develop should-cost models, negotiate terms, and build multi-year cost-reduction roadmaps with engineering collaboration for NPI and production ramp.

Qualifications

• Direct ownership of electronics commodities in a strategic sourcing role.
• Experience in two or more: PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness, compute hardware, sensors.
• Proven should-cost modeling and negotiation results for electronics categories.
• Experience building commodity cost roadmaps with design-to-cost.
• Experience qualifying suppliers internationally and managing regional risk.
• Read schematics, BOMs, and test specs; collaborate with electrical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own commodity strategy for PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, harness, compute modules, sensors, and board components.
• Define supply-base architecture including prototype and volume partners, and regional alternates.
• Create RFQs/RFPs, lead supplier selection and contract awards.
• Develop should-cost models addressing main cost drivers (layers, panel usage, test strategy).
• Negotiate pricing, NRE, tooling, MOQs, NCNR, capacity reservations; own MSAs and tooling ownership.
• Own commodity cost targets and multi-year cost-reduction roadmaps with design-to-cost initiatives.
• Maintain costed-BOM visibility and identify gaps against program BOM targets.
• Drive multi-source coverage and build redundancy for critical content.
• Build AVL/AML strategy and qualification criteria for suppliers.
• Manage supplier performance with scorecards and business reviews.
• Present cost reviews and risks to engineering and leadership.
• Transition awarded suppliers to buyers with pricing/lead times documented.

Skills

Electronics sourcing

Commodity management

Supplier negotiation

Cost modeling

VA/VE

Supply risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel modeling

NPI support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field

7+ years strategic sourcing / global supply management

Tools

PLM systems (Teamcenter)

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

The Global Supply Manager — Electrical & Electronics owns sourcing strategy and supplier relationships across PCB, PCBA, harnessing, compute, board-level electronics, sensors and perception hardware. Electrical and electronic content represents a significant share of both cost and supply risk in Apptronik's programs, and this role is accountable for the supply base that delivers it.

This is a strategic sourcing position. The Global Supply Manager determines who builds Apptronik's electronics, at what cost, at what risk profile, and at what capacity, and is responsible for ensuring the supply base can support volume growth. This role establishes the supplier strategy, commercial framework, capacity, cost structure, and supply resilience required to take Apptronik programs from prototype through scaled production.

This role equips the Supply Chain team with qualified suppliers, negotiated pricing, and established commercial terms.

The role works directly with hardware engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and program management, engaging during new product introduction to influence component selection, design-to-cost, manufacturability, testability, lifecycle risk, and sourceability ahead of release.

The Global Supply Manager represents Supply Chain throughout the NPI lifecycle and is accountable for ensuring sourcing, capacity, cost, supplier qualification, and material readiness support program phase gates and build schedules.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Own commodity strategy for PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness and cable assembly, compute modules, sensors and perception hardware, and board-level components.
• Define the supply-base architecture for each commodity, including prototype partner, volume partner, regional alternate, and the triggers that move work between them.
• Create and run RFQs and RFPs, and lead supplier selection and contract award.
• Develop should-cost models addressing real cost drivers, including layer count, panel utilization, placement count, test strategy, connector and terminal selection, and labor content.
• Negotiate pricing, NRE, tooling, minimum order quantities, NCNR commitments, capacity reservations, and commercial terms, and own MSAs, LTAs, and tooling ownership agreements.
• Own commodity cost targets and multi-year cost-reduction roadmaps, including design-to-cost, supplier negotiations, VA/VE, alternate components, manufacturing-process improvements, and volume-based pricing.
• Maintain costed-BOM visibility for assigned commodities and identify gaps and opportunities against program-level BOM cost targets.
• Drive dual and multi-source coverage on critical content and own the roadmap that builds redundancy into single-sourced supply.
• Build and maintain AVL/AML strategy including qualification criteria and geographic footprint requirements.
• Own component-level supply-risk strategy, including allocation management, lead-time volatility, NCNR exposure, EOL and last-time-buy events, lifecycle status, sole-source dependencies, and alternate-part qualification.
• Assess and mitigate country-of-origin, tariff, export-control, geopolitical, and regional-concentration risk across the electronics supply base.
• Develop sourcing strategies that support Apptronik country-of-origin, FCC, tariff, localization, and domestic-content requirements, including BOM-level COO visibility and the development of compliant alternate sources where required.
• Ensure suppliers are prepared to support prototype builds, pilot builds, and production ramp on schedule.
• Engage with engineering during new product introduction to influence component selection, DFM/DFT, and sourceability ahead of release.
• Own supplier performance for assigned commodities, including scorecards, business reviews, and supplier development plans.
• Present award recommendations, cost reviews, cost-reduction strategies, and critical supply risks to engineering and executive leadership.
• Transition awarded suppliers to buyer/planners with documented pricing, lead times, terms, and escalation paths.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Required

• Direct ownership of electronics commodities in a strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management capacity.
• Deep hands-on experience in at least two of: PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness and cable assembly, compute hardware, sensors.
• Proven should-cost modeling capability and a negotiation track record with quantified results on electronics categories.
• Demonstrated experience developing commodity cost roadmaps and driving design-to-cost, VA/VE, and cost-reduction initiatives jointly with engineering.
• Experience developing and qualifying suppliers internationally, including managing regional footprint and concentration risk.
• Ability to read schematics, BOMs, fabrication and harness drawings, and test specifications, and to engage electrical engineering on technical detail.
• Experience managing semiconductor and electronic-component allocation, long-lead materials, NCNR commitments, lifecycle risk, EOL events, and last-time buys.
• Experience owning commercial agreements end to end.
• Strong spreadsheet and modeling skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to executive leadership.

Preferred

• Strong record of applying first-principles thinking to supplier negotiations.
• Track record of managing successful escalations to the executive level within a supplier.
• Experience qualifying and scaling a prototype supplier into a production supplier.
• Experience managing large suppliers through new product development in a high-change environment.
• Robotics, automotive, aerospace, medical device, or high-mix electromechanical background.
• Familiarity with PLM and ERP/MRP data flows for electronic components and with AVL/AML management.
• Experience with Teamcenter or equivalent PLM environment, including BOM revision, AVL/AML, and engineering-change workflows.
• Experience managing country-of-origin, localization, tariff, domestic-content, and supply-chain compliance requirements.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, or equivalent supplier production-readiness methodologies.
• Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC-6012) and electronics test strategies including flying probe and in-circuit test.
• Component obsolescence and lifecycle management experience.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field
• At least 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management with direct ownership of electronics commodities
• Experience supporting hardware products through NPI and transition to volume production strongly preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking
• Periods of sitting at a workstation and working on a computer
• Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times.
• Ability to move throughout operational areas and maintain awareness of surrounding people, equipment, and robotic systems.
• Visual ability necessary to operate equipment, monitor robotic systems, and read printed and digital material including engineering drawings
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern
• Ability to walk manufacturing floors and use required personal protective equipment during supplier audits and site visits
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, averaging 25% per year including supplier manufacturing sites
• This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.