Principal Contract Manufacturing Sourcing Lead for Hardware

Meta Careers; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a principal leader for Reality Labs’ Contract Manufacturing Sourcing to own end-to-end strategy for wearable hardware. You will shape sourcing across global EMS/ODM partners, aligning with engineering, operations, and supplier executives to scale manufacturing with quality, cost, and resilience.

You will lead multi-generational negotiations, tooling decisions, and long-term supply agreements, driving supplier performance while upholding responsible AI practices and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in contract manufacturing sourcing, supply chain management, or operations within consumer electronics, wearables, or hardware technology.
• Experience leading complex, multi-generational contract manufacturing negotiations including pricing, capacity, tooling, and long-term supply agreements with global EMS/ODM partners.
• Experience developing and executing sourcing strategies for high-complexity consumer hardware involving precision mechanical, optical, or electronic assembly.
• Experience influencing executive-level decisions across internal and external stakeholders in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.
• Experience with total cost of ownership modeling, should-cost analysis, and competitive benchmarking in a contract manufacturing context.
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize workflows and drive measurable impact.
• Experience sourcing contract manufacturing for wearable devices, AR/VR hardware, or other miniaturized consumer electronics with high precision assembly requirements.
• Experience managing new product introduction processes with ramp readiness, yield improvement, and capacity qualification.
• Familiarity with optical, display, or sensor assembly processes relevant to AR/VR hardware platforms.
• Experience building and scaling a contract manufacturing sourcing function or center of excellence within a high-growth hardware organization.

Skills

Contract sourcing

Supply chain

Executive influence

Total cost of ownership

AI risk mitigation

Hardware manufacturing

New product introduction

Optical display assembly

Job description

Meta is seeking a principal leader for Reality Labs’ Contract Manufacturing Sourcing to own end-to-end strategy for wearable hardware. You will shape sourcing across global EMS/ODM partners, aligning with engineering, operations, and supplier executives to scale manufacturing with quality, cost, and resilience.

You will lead multi-generational negotiations, tooling decisions, and long-term supply agreements, driving supplier performance while upholding responsible AI practices and