Lead Procurement & Logistics Engineer - Industrial Components

Pacificfusion - Fremont, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Fremont, CA

About the position

As a Lead Procurement & Logistics Engineer for Industrial Components at Pacific Fusion, you will play a crucial role in sourcing and delivering all industrial components necessary for the construction of a high-gain fusion demonstration system. This position involves close collaboration with scientists and engineers to ensure that their designs are feasible for production and assembly, ultimately leading to successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work with scientists and engineers to understand every nut, bolt, and industrial component required to build their designs, then translate that to a list of global suppliers.
• Own the cataloging, sourcing, storage, and delivery of all components required to build our fusion demonstration system.
• Develop an evaluation process to qualify suppliers based on quality, reliability, speed, price, and other critical factors.
• Ensure that we have a reliable vendor network and simplify our procurement process across thousands of components.
• Cost reduction for all of our most critical components through a combination of design engineering, supplier negotiations, and strategic sourcing.

Requirements

• Experience developing procurement and logistics processes.
• Expertise with components such as nuts, bolts, cables, wires, valves, gas fittings, gaskets, seals, hoses, fasteners, and more.
• Ability to leverage subject matter expertise to reduce the cost of critical components and ensure quality and reliability of products.
• Experience building and owning vendor relationships for similar components that contributed to successful project delivery.
• Expertise working closely with an R&D technical organization.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary
• Equity plan
• 6% employer 401k matching
• Generous paid time off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance