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Strategic Sourcing Engineer, DeepMind

Google· DeepMind
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Mountain View, CA$212k - $230kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You will execute sourcing strategies for critical hardware commodities, partnering with Engineering to influence design decisions and build resilient supply chains.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own commodity sourcing strategies, building deep expertise in technology, manufacturing, the supplier landscape, cost, and market dynamics—translating roadmaps into supplier strategies from R&D through production scale.
  • Partner with Engineering across the product lifecycle 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, technical/commercial evaluation, cost modeling, and negotiations—securing advantageous terms on price, NRE/tooling, lead time, capacity, and cost reduction.
  • Build a resilient global supplier ecosystem by assessing capability, financial health, capacity, and sub-tier risk—mitigating supply risk through supplier development, alternate sourcing, and partnerships.
  • Drive supplier performance and continuous improvement from development through production, partnering with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing on qualification, NPI, cost reduction, and issue resolution to support execution and roadmaps.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, Supply Chain, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in sourcing, commodity management, supplier engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, or a related hardware function.
  • Experience sourcing and managing hardware components, assemblies, or manufacturing processes, and experience evaluating supplier technical and manufacturing capabilities.

Skills

Required:Sourcing strategySupplier evaluationRFQ/RFI management
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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