Global Sourcing Manager

Arxlight • Oakland, CA

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About The Position

Arxlight is seeking an experienced Global Sourcing Manager to build the supplier base for its hardware products. The role focuses primarily on electronics, including PCBAs, electronic components, batteries, thermal cameras, imaging systems, and other critical electrical hardware. The manager will identify and evaluate suppliers, negotiate commercial terms, and ensure suppliers can support products from early prototypes through production.

The position requires independent prioritization and end-to-end ownership of supplier issues in a fast-moving environment with suppliers across time zones. There is no established sourcing playbook or approved vendor list; the manager will create both. The role works closely with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing, while focusing on building a strong and reliable supply base rather than performing internal engineering validation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in technical sourcing, strategic sourcing, supplier development, commodity management, or hardware supply chain.
• Deep experience sourcing electronics, including PCBAs, semiconductors, electronic components, batteries, sensors, cameras, and electrical assemblies.
• Strong understanding of the electronics supply chain, including manufacturers, distributors, EMS/PCBA suppliers, allocation, lead times, lifecycle, and obsolescence.
• Proven ability to identify, evaluate, negotiate with, and onboard new suppliers.
• Strong commercial skills and experience with RFQs, cost breakdowns, pricing, MOQs, NCNRs, NRE, lead times, and capacity agreements.
• Ability to work independently, move quickly, travel to suppliers, and make sound sourcing decisions while requirements are changing.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience sourcing thermal cameras, infrared imaging, EO/IR systems, image sensors, optics, or similar imaging hardware.
• Strong experience with lithium-ion cells, battery packs, BMS components, and battery suppliers.
• An existing network of semiconductor manufacturers, distributors, PCBA/EMS partners, battery suppliers, and imaging suppliers.
• Experience dealing with shortages, allocation, sole-source parts, long lead times, component end-of-life, and other electronics supply challenges.
• Experience sourcing hardware for drones, robotics, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, or other complex hardware products.
• Experience in a startup or fast-moving hardware company where priorities change quickly and employees are expected to independently solve problems and deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Establish key supplier relationships for electronic components, batteries, thermal cameras, imaging systems, and other key electrical hardware.
• Evaluate suppliers for technical capability, quality, capacity, cost, lead time, financial health, and ability to scale.
• Own sourcing from early prototypes and NPI through production, including RFQs, supplier selection, negotiations, and commercial terms.
• Identify long-lead, sole-source, constrained, and end-of-life components and find alternatives where possible.
• Work directly with suppliers to address cost, capacity, quality, lead-time, and availability issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing to involve suppliers early and prepare the supply base for products moving into production.
• Build the sourcing playbook and approved supplier base.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed