Zipline
Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Wire Harnessing
$130K–$190K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Education
- A degree in electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be eligible to work in the US.
About the job
Owns supplier industrialization for wire harness and FPC/FFC assemblies, ensuring designs are manufacturable and suppliers can qualify and scale reliable production.
What you'll do
- Guide design for manufacturing and lead supplier readiness from product development through mass-production qualification.
- Assess supplier quality, processes, and capacity; audit manufacturing and drive improvements.
- Resolve supplier-caused field-quality failures through containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action closure.
What they ask for
- Experience leading new-product industrialization and project management across engineering teams and contract manufacturers.
- Strong working knowledge of wire harness and FPC/FFC assembly processes and production design rules.
- Practical experience with PPAP and structured problem-solving tools, including RCCA, fishbone analysis, process mapping, and 5S.
- Direct experience improving supplier or contract-manufacturer quality, process capability, capacity, or production execution.
Pay
$130,000 - $190,000 (starting cash range; not specified as base salary or total pay)
Tools
PPAP, RCCA, fishbone analysis, process mapping, 5S
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