Strategic Silicon Sourcing Leader for AI Infra

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 179,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta's Infrastructure Supply Chain Engineering team seeks a Sourcing Manager for Strategic Silicon to secure and scale compute and storage technologies powering its AI, data center, and cloud infrastructure. You will partner with hardware engineering, capacity planning, and finance to shape sourcing and deployment strategies for next-generation silicon and firmware.

Lead vendor strategy, negotiate terms, manage supplier relationships, and own contracts and IP/licensing to meet

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, or business-related field with at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years of sourcing management or supply chain management experience in commercial sourcing roles with direct semiconductor, silicon, and/or electronic component categories.
• Technical understanding of semiconductor technologies, silicon component categories (interface ICs, controllers, programmable logic, security modules), and their role in server/data center architectures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of silicon supply chain capacity, cost, and lead-time drivers.
• Demonstrated results of improving supply chain and supplier performance, including the use of cost models and objective-based performance measures.
• Experience working with ODMs and contract manufacturers in the electronics/server hardware industry.
• Proven track record of developing and executing commodity strategies at scale.
• Experience presenting sourcing strategies and recommendations to leadership and influencing decisions through data-driven proposals.
• Experience driving cross-functional alignment across engineering, supply chain, and commercial functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for strategic silicon and firmware components — owning vendor selection, negotiation, contracting, and long-term commodity roadmaps that ensure supply continuity, cost optimization, and technology alignment with Meta's AI/ML infrastructure plans
• Lead strategic supplier management across silicon vendors, IP licensors, and firmware partners — including scorecards, business reviews, should-cost modeling, risk mitigation (capacity assurance, lead-time management, geopolitical exposure), and total cost of ownership improvement
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Meta engineering, ODM partners, and capacity planning teams to influence component selection, architecture decisions, and design-for-cost/supply initiatives across all strategic silicon categories
• Provide semiconductor market intelligence — tracking technology evolution, fab/foundry dynamics, emerging standards, and supply-demand trends — to inform strategic direction and identify future growth sourcing areas
• Perform end-to-end sourcing execution, including RFI/RFQ/RFP leadership, supply market analysis, new source qualification, prototype sourcing for NPI, and supplier development aligned with Meta's technology roadmap

Skills

Semiconductor technologies

High-speed interconnect

Platform security controllers

Programmable logic (FPGA/CPLD)

Server hardware experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Scorecards

Should-Cost Modeling

RFP Leadership

Job description

Meta's Infrastructure Supply Chain Engineering team seeks a Sourcing Manager for Strategic Silicon to secure and scale compute and storage technologies powering its AI, data center, and cloud infrastructure. You will partner with hardware engineering, capacity planning, and finance to shape sourcing and deployment strategies for next-generation silicon and firmware.

Lead vendor strategy, negotiate terms, manage supplier relationships, and own contracts and IP/licensing to meet