Heron Power
Staff/Senior Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Mechanical
$160K–$220K
Scotts Valley · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- BS degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, or materials engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience and exceptional ability.
About the job
Owns supplier development and manufacturing readiness for mechanical components, from supplier qualification and design-for-manufacturing through production ramp and continuous improvement.
What you'll do
- Assess and improve supplier capabilities; lead supplier qualification and corrective actions.
- Drive DFM/DFA, drawing and tolerance reviews, tooling development, and manufacturing process readiness.
- Identify cost, quality, yield, and reliability improvements across mechanical suppliers and processes.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in supplier development, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, supplier industrialization, or a related field.
- BS in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, or materials engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience and exceptional ability.
- In-depth knowledge of mechanical manufacturing and supplier industrialization, including taking components from design through production.
- Proficiency in drawing reviews, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, metrology, SPC, DOE, sampling plans, quality systems, and standards such as ISO 9001 and PPAP; willingness to travel domestically and internationally, often on short notice.
Nice to have
- Experience with power electronics, power conversion, thermal management, or complex electromechanical products.
- Experience with ERP and PLM tools, data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, JMP, or Minitab, or leading supplier industrialization.
Pay
$160,000 to $220,000 (USD, base salary)
Tools
GD&T, SPC, DOE, ISO 9001, PPAP, ERP, PLM, Tableau
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