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If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about building the financial infrastructure behind cutting-edge hardware, let's chat!\nWe are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.\nA couple other things:\nWe offer a lot of autonomy\nWe like to run lean for impact\nWe have great benefits\nWe are well funded, and already generating revenue\nWe're currently in Torrance, CA, but will be moving into a new facility in Hawthorne, CA in the summer!\nWhat you'll do:\nThe Category Manager, Electronics owns the electronics supply base that feeds Salient Motion's actuator, power supply, and integrated system product lines. This is a strategic, high-visibility role: the mandate is to set commodity strategy for PCBAs, connectors, power conversion components, motor drives, and avionics-adjacent electronics, and to be the strategic authority the business relies on when a supplier problem threatens a program milestone.\nThis role works directly with engineering, program management, and quality to translate design intent into a resilient, cost-competitive supply base, and requires U.S. Person status due to the export-controlled nature of the components and programs involved\nOwn category strategy and supplier selection across PCBAs, connectors, power supplies, motor drives, and electronic sub-assemblies/cable assemblies.\nLead sourcing for new programs from RFQ through award, negotiating cost, lead time, and terms that protect program margin and schedule.\nManage component allocation risk and lead-time volatility; build multi-source and second-source strategies to protect production continuity.\nDrive a proactive obsolescence program for electronic components across active and legacy platforms.\nPartner with design engineering during development to influence component selection for cost, and availability.\nLead or support supplier corrective action for quality escapes tied to electronic components.\nNegotiate and manage long-term agreements, pricing tiers, and consigned inventory arrangements with key electronics distributors and manufacturers.\nMonitor and report commodity market trends (tariffs, shortages, conflict) and their impact on cost and availability.\nEnsure supplier compliance with AS9100, ITAR/EAR, and counterfeit-parts avoidance requirements (AS5553).\nSupport make/buy analysis and total-cost-of-ownership modeling for electronics commodities.\nWhat you need:\n5+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or supply chain for electronic components, ideally in aerospace, defense, or another regulated manufacturing environment.\nDemonstrated experience sourcing semiconductors, PCBAs/electronic sub-assemblies, connectors, and power electronics.\nWorking knowledge of DMSMS/obsolescence management practices.\nExperience negotiating supply agreements, pricing, and long-term commitments with distributors and OEM electronics manufacturers.\nFamiliarity with AS9100 quality systems and counterfeit electronic parts avoidance (AS5553/AS6081).\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.\nMust qualify as a U.S. Person under ITAR (22 CFR §120.15).\nNice to have:\nExperience with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Epicor) for demand planning and PO management.\nPrior experience supporting flight controls, actuation systems, or aircraft systems programs.\nExposure to power supply or motor drive commodity sourcing specifically.\nWhat we have to offer:\nWe are not just building components. 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