Category Manager - Electronics

Applicants must be U.S.

Citizens or U.S.

Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements

We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense.

If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about building the financial infrastructure behind cutting-edge hardware, let's chat!

We are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.

A couple other things:

• We offer a lot of autonomy
• We like to run lean for impact
• We have great benefits
• We are well funded, and already generating revenue
• We're currently in Torrance, CA, but will be moving into a new facility in Hawthorne, CA in the summer!

The 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.

This 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

• Own category strategy and supplier selection across PCBAs, connectors, power supplies, motor drives, and electronic sub-assemblies/cable assemblies.
• Lead sourcing for new programs from RFQ through award, negotiating cost, lead time, and terms that protect program margin and schedule.
• Manage component allocation risk and lead-time volatility; build multi-source and second-source strategies to protect production continuity.