Strategic Hardware Sourcing Engineer

DeepMind Technologies Limited; Mountain View (CA); Presencial; USD 212.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Google DeepMind seeks a Strategic Sourcing Engineer to develop commodity sourcing strategies and partner with Engineering on supplier selection from R&D to production. You will own hardware commodities end-to-end, manage supply risks, and enable rapid prototyping with scalable execution.

Role requires deep technical understanding, strong commercial judgment, and ability to influence design decisions while building resilient supply chains for AI hardware development.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, materials science, supply chain or related field.
• 5 years of experience in sourcing, commodity management, supplier engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, or related hardware function.
• Experience sourcing and managing hardware components, assemblies, or manufacturing processes, and evaluating supplier capabilities.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and own commodity sourcing strategies, deep expertise in technology, manufacturing, supplier landscape, cost, and market dynamics.
• Partner with Engineering to identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on technical capability, manufacturability, quality, cost, and scalability.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing and commercial execution: market analysis, RFIs/RFQs, evaluation, cost modeling, and negotiations.
• Build a resilient global supplier ecosystem by assessing capability, financial health, capacity, and sub-tier risk.
• Drive supplier performance and continuous improvement from development through production with cross-functional teams.

Conocimientos

Strategic Sourcing

RFQ/RFP processes

Cost analysis

Supplier development

Engineering collaboration

Communication skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree in engineering or related field

Descripción del empleo

Google DeepMind seeks a Strategic Sourcing Engineer to develop commodity sourcing strategies and partner with Engineering on supplier selection from R&D to production. You will own hardware commodities end-to-end, manage supply risks, and enable rapid prototyping with scalable execution.

Role requires deep technical understanding, strong commercial judgment, and ability to influence design decisions while building resilient supply chains for AI hardware development.