Product Sourcing Engineer, Warfighter Systems for Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

HIKINEX; Bellevue (WA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hikinex in Bellevue, WA seeks an experienced procurement leader to drive supplier engagement and cost optimization for high-tech products. You will own supplier selection, BOM development, and early involvement of suppliers to ensure smooth NPI progression.

You will lead cost engineering, contract negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, quality, and manufacturing, with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in electronics or mechanical device design and development.
• Advanced sourcing with commodity/ supplier management experience.
• Experience in supplier development (tech, process, supply chain).
• Early supplier engagement before product/engineering requirements.
• Knowledge of value engineering or TCO at component/product level.
• Familiarity with high-tech, high-mix/low-volume environments.
• Strong contracting process knowledge across programs and stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets and tracking finances.

Responsabilités

• Conduct supplier selection from approved lists to support product programs.
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate development via scoping, trade-offs, and should-cost models.
• Drive BOM development across Quality & Manufacturing for ramp and flexibility.
• Own NPI procurement, ensuring on-time delivery and correct components.
• Manage CAPEX during NPI and lead cost engineering to converge costs to product cost.
• Conduct value-stream mapping to reduce lead times and improve supply network flexibility.
• Ensure supplier component qualifications and risk assessments are completed ahead of production.
• Navigate contractual landscapes and coordinate impacts across multiple stakeholders.

Connaissances

Sourcing & supplier development

NPI procurement

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & cost control

High-tech hardware knowledge

Formation

BSME / BSEE or related degree

Outils

PMP certification

Description du poste

q What you'll do:

• Conduct supplier selection for a specific product, leveraging our approved supplier list
• Partner with strategic suppliers to accelerate product development via activities such as:
• Concept scoping to quickly solidify requirements
• Feature trade-off / trade tables
• Should cost / Clean sheet models
• Joint design development, via clear statements of work
• Drive the development and consolidation of a manufacturing BOM, working with Quality & Manufacturing, to ramp production internally and with our suppliers with high flexibility
• Accountable for all NPI component procurement, on-time and correctly, to scale
• Manage the CAPEX throughout NPI
• Conduct value-stream mapping to optimize supply network lead time and flexibility
• Complete the BOM risk assessment, include alternate component sourcing, etc.
• Ensure completion of all vendor component qualifications, ahead of production
• Reduce complexity: commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalization
• Lead all cost engineering activities to converge the bottoms-up cost curve to product cost, maximizing the total cost of ownership (TCO) across the product lifecycle
• Manage ad-hoc cost issues e.g., tariffs / import export cost, and cost inflation

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience, ideally has background within:
• Design & development of electronics and/or mechanical devices
• Advanced sourcing activities, including stints as commodity/sourcing managers
• Supplier development (technology, process, supply chain, etc.)
• Early supplier engagement, ahead of product/engineering requirement realization
• Domain expertise must include value/procurement engineering or TCO-related work at the component & product level.
• Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
• Strong understanding of contracting processes and developing stages of program management
• Ability to navigate complex contractual landscapes and manage program impacts across multiple stakeholders
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong financial management skills, including budget development and tracking
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree preferred.
• Willingness to travel as needed (up to 25%)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance

Preferred qualifications

• Proven track record in designing and implementing best practices that drive operational efficiency and sustainable growth
• Experience with both hardware and software development lifecycles
• PMP certification or equivalent preferred