Microsoft Sourcing Engineer Internship Opportunities 

United States, Washington 

31111051

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifcations:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related Field.
  Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
• Performs analyses of supplier pricing, cost, capacity, and market trends to provide recommendations for hardware materials and components.
• Balances priorities of business requirements against product and technology roadmaps in a cross-functional environment (e.g., risk management, investments, supplier relationship, technology adoption.)
• Owns the supplier relationship to support business development, including regular business reviews, escalations, KPI management, and Financial Health assessments.
• Supports cost and supply chain operations deliverables relevant to contract manufacturers and system integrators (e.g., buffer strategy, technology transitions, qualification planning, technical standards.)
• Participates in early technical engagements with cross-functional leadership including product design, quality, and business teams to advise on sourcing requirements.
• As a stakeholder in the Development process, contribute to recommendations that introduce new technologies, materials, or components for Microsoft products or cloud infrastructure. Assess cost-benefit tradeoffs of deals, supply risk and supplier capacbilities.