Sourcing Engineer, Fabrication
Portland, OR$110k - $160kfull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Sourcing engineer bridging early Node designs and external manufacturing at third-party vendors, transitioning components from low- to high-volume production, and owning cradle-to-grave design to fabrication and deployment processes. Focus on evaluating designs, auditing supplier capabilities, and building a resilient supplier ecosystem for safety-critical, cost-efficient manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Technical Sourcing & Evaluation: Analyze new engineering designs, CAD models, and blueprints at early stages to determine appropriate manufacturing sources based on part complexity, material requirements, and vendor technical capabilities.
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Partner with Node engineering to provide early feasibility feedback, cost drivers, lead times, and structural tolerancing (GD&T) to optimize designs before sourcing.
- Supplier Capability Auditing: Vet and onboard domestic and international fabrication, mapping equipment capacities to product needs.
- Technical Interface & Change Management: Act as primary technical contact for suppliers, sharing release packages, bill of materials, and communicating change orders.
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Build long-term partnerships with contract manufacturers, steel fabricators, machining and casting suppliers; ensure SOW alignment, manage milestones, and drive continuous improvement in quality, cost, and lead times.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in Technical Sourcing, Supply Chain Engineering, Global Sourcing, or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Deep blueprint & GD&T literacy: ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, machining requirements, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Core Manufacturing Process Expertise: familiarity with machining, welding, and large forgings/castings constraints, lead times, and sourcing strategies.
- Technical supplier vetting experience: comfort auditing shop floor capabilities against a part's geometric requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Skills
Required:Technical SourcingReading CAD drawings and GD&TDesign for Manufacturing (DFM)Supplier Auditing & VettingSupplier Relationship ManagementCommunication
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Health insurance (company pays 100% of gold-level PPO for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
- Dental insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
- Vision insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
- Disability insurance (company-paid policy for long-term financial support)
- Tax-advantaged accounts (401(k), health FSA, dependent care FSA)
- Relocation assistance to Portland
Last updated Oct 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Panthalassa
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We're harnessing renewable energy in the open ocean and delivering it around the world. Engineered in Portland, Oregon.
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