Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Job Title: Supplier Industrialization Engineer – Electrical Components

Location: San Francisco, CA

Salary: 120,000 - $180,000 + benefits, based on experience

Day to Day

• Support the industrialization and scaling of mechanical and electronics suppliers through NPI and mass production.
• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to ensure supplier readiness and part qualification .
• Support supplier audits, process approvals, capacity assessments, and production readiness reviews .
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, dimensional reports, and quality data to ensure supplier compliance.
• Support PPAP, FAI, APQP, SPC, and process control activities.
• Drive supplier non-conformance resolution, 8D investigations, and corrective actions .
• Maintain supplier scorecards covering quality, yield, PPM, delivery, capacity, and responsiveness .
• Provide DFM/DFA feedback and support NPI builds and pilot production .
• Help develop and qualify a robust global supplier network across CNC machining, sheet metal, stampings, extrusions, injection molding, busbars, harnesses, and PCBA .
• Support make-vs-buy, dual sourcing, localization, lead-time, and manufacturing footprint strategies.
• Work directly with suppliers to improve quality, reliability, capacity, cost, and delivery performance .
• Travel internationally to supplier and manufacturing sites as required, approximately 30% .

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics , or equivalent technical experience.
• 2–5+ years of experience in supplier quality, supplier industrialization, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or a related field.
• Experience within electronics, automotive, industrial hardware, energy, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of mechanical manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, stamping, casting, injection molding, extrusion, sheet metal, welding, riveting, and plating .
• Understanding of PCBA manufacturing , including SMT, through-hole/selective soldering, reflow, and test strategies.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and GD&T .
• Familiarity with PPAP, FAI, APQP, SPC, DFMEA/PFMEA, ISO quality systems, and 8D problem solving .
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach .
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment .
• Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites, approximately 30% .

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To apply, send an up-to-date resume to [email protected] or apply directly through this advertisement.