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Senior Supply Chain Engineer

Microsoft· Silicon Engineering
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Hillsboro, OR, Mountain View, CA, Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior role within the Silicon, Manufacturing, and Packaging Engineering (SMPE) / Silicon Engineering group focused on defining and delivering operational measures for hardware manufacturing, supply chain planning, supplier engagement, and program readiness for Microsoft cloud hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with end-to-end IC supply chain stakeholders, including foundries, OSATs, and key component suppliers, to enable successful New Product Introductions (NPIs) across complex, multi-generation silicon programs
  • Develop and manage supplier engagements and execute Statements of Work (SOWs), quotations, commercial agreements, and contract-related activities while ensuring compliance with established controls, governance, and procurement processes. Negotiate competetitive pricing and favorable commercial terms to improve overall business value
  • Drive adherence to established controls and governance by ensuring decision traceability, documentation integrity, action closure and compliance to support audit readiness
  • Manage Purchase Order process and reconcile against approved budgets, supplier quotations, invoices and actual spend. Track commitments, variances on a quarterly basis to identify variances and drive timely resolution with cross-functional stakeholders to maintain budget accountabilty against forecasted spend
  • Drive predictable supply chain outcomes by engineering and executing scalable supply solutions that support business objectives, program milestones, and operational readiness
  • Develop and influence supply strategies and plans by analyzing supply-demand dynamics, evaluating "what-if" scenarios, conducting impact assessments, and driving contingency planning to mitigate business risks
  • Leverage data, tools, and analytics to identify risks, drive operational improvements, and enable decision-making through dashboards, reporting with mitigation plans to stakeholders and leadership by applying standardized supply chain processes.
  • Lead change management efforts by driving adoption of new tools, processes, and capabilities that improve supply chain scalability, efficiency, and execution excellence
  • Build and maintain strong supplier partnerships by removing execution roadblocks, reviewing capacity readiness, ensuring compliance, and enabling long-term supply continuity
  • Serve as the interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders, communicating status, simplifying complex technical and business topics, and facilitating informed decision-making across the organization. Work across engineering, finance, sourcing, and suppliers to align, drive execution, resolve issues, and deliver against program commitments

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Screening Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements; Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter; export control/regulatory eligibility and citizenship verification requirements.

Skills

Required:End-to-end supply chain planningSupplier managementData analysis and dashboard reporting

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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