About the role#
Reality Labs builds hardware such as Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Quest headsets, and other AI devices. The Global Supply Management team sources the components for these products. We set sourcing strategy, manage supplier capacity, and maintain production through all milestones. As an intern, you will join either the Electrical & Electro-Mechanical or Strategic Silicon team. You will own a specific project from start to finish, contributing directly to work the team is doing now.
What you'll do#
- Own a scoped project from definition through final deliverable and present your findings to leadership.
- Support commodity sourcing activities, including gathering quotes, organizing bid comparisons, and supporting award recommendations.
- Build bottom-up should-cost models for key parts and test them against supplier quotes.
- Write sourcing strategies for part categories, covering supplier landscapes, cost benchmarks, and qualification costs.
- Map single-source dependencies, measure risk, and recommend when a second source is needed.
- Build clear-to-build status views to compare supply against demand and support supply readiness.
- Set up central spend dashboards or automated supplier scorecards to monitor performance on delivery and yield.
- Use internal AI tools to automate analysis and data collection for supply mapping and spend metrics.
- Partner with sourcing managers and engineering on live sourcing decisions.
- Prepare materials for sourcing decisions and supplier negotiations.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Business Analytics.
- Foundational knowledge of manufacturing processes and supply chain.
- Experience analyzing data in Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, or Python.
- Analytical skills to turn data into clear written and spoken recommendations.
- Ability to work through unclear problems and set your own priorities.
- Intent to return to your degree program after the internship.
- Ability to obtain and maintain work authorization in the United States.
- Preferred: Master's degree or MBA with an undergraduate background in supply chain or electrical engineering.
- Preferred: Experience with silicon, electronic, or electro-mechanical parts and manufacturing processes like fabrication, molding, or assembly.
- Preferred: Experience building cost models or automated reports in tools like Tableau or Power BI.
- Preferred: Experience using AI or LLM tools to automate workflows.
- Preferred: Prior experience in sourcing, manufacturing, hardware engineering, or consumer electronics.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, on-site internship based in Sunnyvale, California.
- The term is for Summer 2027.
About Meta
Meta develops software and social media applications. It operates platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company maintains headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Current work focuses on augmented and virtual reality alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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