Supply Chain Engineer

The role

You will build and scale the sourcing, procurement, and manufacturing pipeline for LeLamp. You will work at the intersection of engineering and operations to manage suppliers, BOM costs, and manufacturing partnerships.

What you will do

• Source, qualify, and manage relationships with component suppliers, distributors, and contract manufacturers.
• Own BOM cost, lead-time, and availability tracking.
• Partner with EE/ME teams on design-for-manufacturability and design-for-assembly reviews.
• Manage procurement and purchase orders.
• Identify and mitigate component obsolescence and single-source risk.
• Coordinate with overseas and domestic manufacturing partners on quoting, tooling, and production timelines.
• Support incoming quality inspection and work with suppliers to resolve nonconformances.
• Track and forecast inventory needs.
• Help build and refine internal processes.
• Assess supply chain contingencies and ensure reliability.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience sourcing electrical or mechanical components.
• Comfortable reading BOMs, schematics, and mechanical drawings.
• Communicate clearly with suppliers and internal teams.
• Exposure to contract manufacturing, PCBA assembly, or hardware production workflows.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience working directly with suppliers or CMs.
• Understand the cost and lead-time trade-offs behind component selection.
• Worked with international manufacturing partners.
• Move quickly through iteration cycles.
• Take ownership over work end to end.
• Work well in small, collaborative teams.

About the company

Human Computer Lab is a research lab building character robots that feel alive and responsive. They are building the foundation for a new generation of robots designed for everyday environments.