Sourcing Engineer

Are you passionate about bridging engineering smarts with sourcing strategy? As a Sourcing Engineer at Amphenol Industrial, you’ll play a key role in evaluating and qualifying electrical components that keep our product lines running strong. This isn’t just about purchasing — it’s about partnering with Engineering, driving supplier innovation, reducing costs, and ensuring every component meets the highest technical and quality standards. If you’re ready to mix problem-solving with impact, this role is for you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with Cross-functional team to define sourcing requirements and ensure suppliers can meet technical specifications, drawings, and compliance standards
• Lead technical assessments of suppliers, including process capability studies and material evaluations
• Support new product development (NPD) by sourcing prototype and production suppliers aligned with technical requirements and meet/exceed the capabilities of our competition
• Conduct Make-or-Buy analysis with a focus on technical feasibility, manufacturability, and long-term reliability
• Collaborate with suppliers on manufacturability improvements, cost optimization, and technical innovation
• Evaluate total landed cost while factoring in quality, compliance, risk, and reliability.
• Analyze tariffs, geopolitical risks, and material availability with emphasis on engineering-critical components
• Drive supplier diversification to reduce reliance on single-source or high-risk suppliers.
• Ensure sourced components meet applicable industry standards (ISO, UL, RoHS, REACH, etc.)
• Oversee first article inspections (FAI) and PPAP submissions for new suppliers
• Work with Engineering and Quality to validate technical performance of sourced components
• Develop and maintain Approved Vendor List (AVL) with a focus on technical capability and long-term reliability
• Serve as the technical interface between Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality teams
• Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and component transitions to new suppliers
• Provide input into design decisions to balance technical requirements with sourcing feasibility and cost

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field (required)
• 3+ years of experience in sourcing, supplier quality engineering, or product engineering within an electrical component or connector environment
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and capabilities, electrical components, connector technology, and material science
• Experience in supplier qualification, FAI, PPAP, and technical audits
• Proficiency in ERP systems (Macola preferred) and engineering documentation (CAD drawings, BOMs, specs)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong technical problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
• Knowledge of global sourcing strategies and supply chain best practices
• Strong manufacturing knowledge of connector manufacturing processes including machining, stamping, injection and compression molding, plating, etc
• Excellent communication skills with ability to bridge technical and commercial discussions
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills with technical grounding

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:
The physical demands listed below are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities. While performing this role, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and use hands to handle or feel objects. The employee may occasionally need to lift or move up to 50 pounds and must be able to remain in a seated or standing position for extended periods.

About the Company:
Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York with global manufacturing, sales and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for industrial applications. Our solutions cater to diverse industrial sectors such as alternative energy, power generation and storage, rail and mass transit, process control, automotive manufacturing, heavy equipment, wireless base stations, and petrochemical industries.

Disclaimer:
This job description reflects the general nature and level of work expected for this role. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, skills, or qualifications. Management may assign additional tasks or modify responsibilities as needed to meet business needs.