Sourcing Engineer IV - Slidell
Listed on 2026-09-08
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer
Job Description
- Sourcing Engineer IV
- Slidell (330635)
Sourcing Engineer IV
- Slidell (330635)
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
Textron Systems is seeking an experienced
Electrical/Mechanical Sourcing Engineer focused on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly as part of the Strategic Outsourcing Strategy. The focus will be to lead engagement with the internal customers to support the development of business opportunities, collaborate with Strategic Sourcing Managers to provide an effective, stable, and successful roadmap for Partnerships and Suppliers for Supply Chain. This individual will be responsible for providing Key engineering input (technical producibility/DFX, evaluations, assessments, etc.)
to support new product development with internal customers, building and acting as the critical conduit to set up the supply base and lead complex custom supplier development projects to mature the manufacturing readiness. The Principle Sourcing Engineer will identify, build, manage and maintain capable supplier sources, and mentor more junior members of the team to grow the team network and knowledge.
They will drive the optimization of design for supplier manufacturability, design for supplier assembly, outsourcing design to cost & quality, and further support prototyping validation/readiness leading to a successful product roadmap for stable transition to production. Responsibilities will also include the collaboration and integration of the outsourcing strategy with other roles within the Supply Chain and Operations Team and help grow appreciation and awareness of Sourcing Engineering value in the establishment of suppliers.
The Principle Sourcing Engineer will champion other upstream activities, such as Bill of Material (BOM) development, Plan for every Part initiative (PFEP), inclusion of emerging manufacturing technologies, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), cost validation & estimating, and support to configuration control with Engineering. The Principle Sourcing Engineer will work closely with Design Engineering Team/IPT, Engineering Prototype and Test Teams, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality to complete initial prototype builds, analyze results, and propose refinement of engineering designs and be the main technical focal for supplier management.
Collaborate with Sourcing Management and with internal customers (Business Development, Programs, Engineering, Manufacturing, etc.) and provide technical outsourcing recommendations that will support the maturation of business opportunities and program development goals.
Foster relationships & team positive and engaging attitude while interacting with a diverse and multi-functional workforce during highly paced project development challenges.
Participate and lead provide outsourcing technical recommendations during design conceptual reviews.
Perform outsourcing product & process alignment of technical requirements with all stakeholders
Identify supplier selection criteria and perform down-selection/trade studies with internal stakeholders.
Support the development of technical documentation and requirements (specifications, statements of work, etc.) leading to timely release of information to the supply base.
Chair key supplier Kick-off’s
- Cadence Meetings, Technical Interchange Meetings, Action Lists, Integrated Schedules, and status reporting using Standard work tools and processes.
Work with Engineering to provide timely supplier technical evaluation documentation and evaluations of requirements (Statement of Work documents, Specifications, etc.), Capability Development Documentation, Design Reviews (TRR, TIM, PDR, CDR, etc.), and other justifications that support down-stream technical requirements, and if needed, support to Technical Evaluations and single source…
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