--- title: 'Global Supply Manager - Electrical & Electronics at Apptronik' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/global-supply-manager-electrical-electronics-apptronik-austin-3sqnzehk3ykj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Global Supply Manager - Electrical & Electronics at Apptronik - **Company:** Apptronik - **Location:** Austin, TX - **Posted:** 2026-10-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/apptronik/jobs/6221575004?gh_jid=6221575004 ## Job description Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. The Global Supply Manager — Electrical & Electronics owns sourcing strategy and supplier relationships across PCB, PCBA, harnessing, compute, board-level electronics, sensors and perception hardware. Electrical and electronic content represents a significant share of both cost and supply risk in Apptronik's programs, and this role is accountable for the supply base that delivers it. This is a strategic sourcing position. The Global Supply Manager determines who builds Apptronik's electronics, at what cost, at what risk profile, and at what capacity, and is responsible for ensuring the supply base can support volume growth. This role establishes the supplier strategy, commercial framework, capacity, cost structure, and supply resilience required to take Apptronik programs from prototype through scaled production. This role equips the Supply Chain team with qualified suppliers, negotiated pricing, and established commercial terms. The role works directly with hardware engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and program management, engaging during new product introduction to influence component selection, design-to-cost, manufacturability, testability, lifecycle risk, and sourceability ahead of release. The Global Supply Manager represents Supply Chain throughout the NPI lifecycle and is accountable for ensuring sourcing, capacity, cost, supplier qualification, and material readiness support program phase gates and build schedules. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Own commodity strategy for PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness and cable assembly, compute modules, sensors and perception hardware, and board-level components. - Define the supply-base architecture for each commodity, including prototype partner, volume partner, regional alternate, and the triggers that move work between them. - Create and run RFQs and RFPs, and lead supplier selection and contract award. - Develop should-cost models addressing real cost drivers, including layer count, panel utilization, placement count, test strategy, connector and terminal selection, and labor content. - Negotiate pricing, NRE, tooling, minimum order quantities, NCNR commitments, capacity reservations, and commercial terms, and own MSAs, LTAs, and tooling ownership agreements. - Own commodity cost targets and multi-year cost-reduction roadmaps, including design-to-cost, supplier negotiations, VA/VE, alternate components, manufacturing-process improvements, and volume-based pricing. - Maintain costed-BOM visibility for assigned commodities and identify gaps and opportunities against program-level BOM cost targets. - Drive dual and multi-source coverage on critical content and own the roadmap that builds redundancy into single-sourced supply. - Build and maintain AVL/AML strategy including qualification criteria and geographic footprint requirements. - Own component-level supply-risk strategy, including allocation management, lead-time volatility, NCNR exposure, EOL and last-time-buy events, lifecycle status, sole-source dependencies, and alternate-part qualification. - Assess and mitigate country-of-origin, tariff, export-control, geopolitical, and regional-concentration risk across the electronics supply base. - Develop sourcing strategies that support Apptronik country-of-origin, FCC, tariff, localization, and domestic-content requirements, including BOM-level COO visibility and the development of compliant alternate sources where required. - Ensure suppliers are prepared to support prototype builds, pilot builds, and production ramp on schedule. - Engage with engineering during new product introduction to influence component selection, DFM/DFT, and sourceability ahead of release. - Own supplier performance for assigned commodities, including scorecards, business reviews, and supplier development plans. - Present award recommendations, cost reviews, cost-reduction strategies, and critical supply risks to engineering and executive leadership. - Transition awarded suppliers to buyer/planners with documented pricing, lead times, terms, and escalation paths. ## SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS Required - Direct ownership of electronics commodities in a strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management capacity. - Deep hands-on experience in at least two of: PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness and cable assembly, compute hardware, sensors. - Proven should-cost modeling capability and a negotiation track record with quantified results on electronics categories. - Demonstrated experience developing commodity cost roadmaps and driving design-to-cost, VA/VE, and cost-reduction initiatives jointly with engineering. - Experience developing and qualifying suppliers internationally, including managing regional footprint and concentration risk. - Ability to read schematics, BOMs, fabrication and harness drawings, and test specifications, and to engage electrical engineering on technical detail. - Experience managing semiconductor and electronic-component allocation, long-lead materials, NCNR commitments, lifecycle risk, EOL events, and last-time buys. - Experience owning commercial agreements end to end. - Strong spreadsheet and modeling skills. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to executive leadership. ## Preferred - Strong record of applying first-principles thinking to supplier negotiations. - Track record of managing successful escalations to the executive level within a supplier. - Experience qualifying and scaling a prototype supplier into a production supplier. - Experience managing large suppliers through new product development in a high-change environment. - Robotics, automotive, aerospace, medical device, or high-mix electromechanical background. - Familiarity with PLM and ERP/MRP data flows for electronic components and with AVL/AML management. - Experience with Teamcenter or equivalent PLM environment, including BOM revision, AVL/AML, and engineering-change workflows. - Experience managing country-of-origin, localization, tariff, domestic-content, and supply-chain compliance requirements. - Experience with APQP, PPAP, or equivalent supplier production-readiness methodologies. - Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC-6012) and electronics test strategies including flying probe and in-circuit test. - Component obsolescence and lifecycle management experience. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE - Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field - At least 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management with direct ownership of electronics commodities - Experience supporting hardware products through NPI and transition to volume production strongly preferred. ## PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS - Prolonged periods of standing and walking - Periods of sitting at a workstation and working on a computer - Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times. - Ability to move throughout operational areas and maintain awareness of surrounding people, equipment, and robotic systems. - Visual ability necessary to operate equipment, monitor robotic systems, and read printed and digital material including engineering drawings - Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern - Ability to walk manufacturing floors and use required personal protective equipment during supplier audits and site visits - Ability to travel domestically and internationally, averaging 25% per year including supplier manufacturing sites *This is a direct hire.  Please, no outside Agency solicitations. Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. ## About Apptronik ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Apptronik builds advanced humanoid robots for real-world industrial applications, starting with manufacturing and warehousing, to address labor shortages and improve human productivity. - **Entity Type**: Private (Funding Stage: Series A) - **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Founded as a spinout from the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin; leadership includes CEO Jeff Cardenas and CTO Nicholas Paine ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Robot Manufacturing, Humanoid Robotics, Industrial Automation, Artificial Intelligence - Target customers: B2B / Enterprise — manufacturing facilities, warehousing and logistics operators, supply chain organizations - Mission or purpose statement: “It is not Man vs. Machine, but Man + Machine” — building robots that empower humans to live to their fullest potential by solving labor shortages and reducing physical strain. ## Products & Services - **[Apollo Humanoid Robot Platform]**: A full-electric, bipedal humanoid robot designed for industrial use. Combines advanced hardware, embodied AI, and fleet-level management software. Current applications include material handling, line-side tasks, palletizing, case picking, trailer unloading, and inspection. Built as a scalable platform that can extend into healthcare, eldercare, and home environments over time. (Type: Hardware + SaaS Platform) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Annual Revenue**: ~$3.5 million (estimated) - **Total Funding**: ~$963.8 million (includes a Seed Round of $14.6M in 2022, a Corporate Round in 2025, and an undisclosed Series A round; notable investors include Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Google) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Google, Terex, Humanoid Global - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 98.1% year-over-year to 334 employees (2026 data). Named to the **2026 CNBC Disruptor 50** list. Recognized on the **Best Places to Work** list (2024, 2025). Won the **2025 IEEE Robotics & Automation Product Innovation Award**. Named **Most Innovative** (2025). Active job postings increased 238.5% year-over-year (88 open roles). Acquired Elevate Robotics Inc. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep heritage**: Spun out of UT Austin’s Human Centered Robotics Lab; team dates back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge (2015) and includes ex-NASA collaborators. - **Full-stack vertical integration**: Covers hardware, embodied AI, and fleet-level management software — a complete, scalable platform rather than a one-off robot. - **Safe, human-centric design**: Built for human environments from the ground up, with a focus on reducing physical strain and complementing human workers, not replacing them. - **Early enterprise traction**: Active partnerships with major industrial players like Mercedes-Benz and Terex, proving real-world deployment over lab demos. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling Apollo for manufacturing and warehouse deployment (current core market). - Expanding into more complex environments: construction, healthcare, eldercare, and the home. - Continuous hardware and software upgrades (CEO Jeff Cardenas calls humanoid robotics “the space race of our time” and has signaled major upgrades to Apollo). - Building out fleet-level tools for multi-robot management and learning. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven**: Work on the frontier of humanoid robotics with a stated ethos of “Man + Machine” — robots that improve human quality of life. - **High-growth environment**: Doubled headcount year-over-year with massive funding and expanding job postings; strong career growth potential. - **Culture values**: Passion, creativity, collaboration, integrity, curiosity, and humility are explicitly stated as core values. - **Perks & Benefits**: - Flexible PTO (open, unlimited) - 401k retirement plan - Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage - Parental leave - Flexible work hours - Collaborative and innovative work environment - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated; 77% of workforce is in the United States (majority in Austin HQ). Specific roles may vary, but the company promotes a collaborative environment. - **Talent sources**: Attracts talent from top robotics and tech companies — SpaceX, Tesla, Fox Robotics, Agility Robotics, Apple, iRobot, Neocis, and top universities (UT Austin). - **Employee rating**: 3.9/5.0 on employer reviews (Work-Life: 3.5, Career: 3.7). ## Sources 1. [apptronik.com](https://apptronik.com/) — Company homepage 2. [apptronik.com/about-us](https://apptronik.com/about-us) — About Us / History / Mission 3. [apptronik.com/careers](https://apptronik.com/careers?gh_src=B+Capital+job+board) — Careers page / Perks & Culture 4. [apptronik.com/careers/job-listings](https://apptronik.com/careers/job-listings) — Open job listings 5. 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