About the role
About Sesame Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human. With this vision, we're designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice agents part of our daily lives. Our team brings together founders from Oculus and Ubiquity6, alongside proven leaders from Meta, Google, and Apple, with deep expertise spanning hardware and software. Join us in shaping a future where computers truly come alive.
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the Role This role will be responsible for sourcing the capital equipment and fixtures used in Sesame’s manufacturing. The person will manage Sesame's direct equipment suppliers while simultaneously benchmarking and negotiating with contract manufacturers to ensure they are utilizing the highest quality and most cost-effective equipment for our production lines. This role is critical for building the supply chain for new products and standing up new factory locations. You will partner closely with Test Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Operations to align equipment capabilities with product design intent and manufacturing
requirements.
Responsibilities: Identify, qualify, and manage capital equipment suppliers with the technical capabilities and manufacturing capacity to support manufacturing and testing across multiple regions in Asia. Partner with Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, and contract manufacturers to ensure equipment meets lead times, cost targets, and manufacturability. Develop and qualify second-source strategies once engineering approves initial machine sets, reducing supply risk, improving leverage, and creating scalable dual-source capacity for future ramps. Lead after-sales commercial strategy for equipment support, including onsite-support, service coverage, and maintenance plans, to optimize uptime, lifecycle cost, and long-term operational resilience across manufacturing sites. Required