Staff/Senior Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Mechanical

The role

You will take ownership of supplier development and manufacturing readiness across the mechanical supply base. You will oversee supplier performance, manufacturing processes, tooling, and quality systems.

What you will do

• Develop mechanical supplier capabilities through technical assessments and process improvement.
• Lead supplier qualification for critical mechanical components and assemblies.
• Facilitate technical requirement communication between suppliers and internal teams.
• Drive supplier DFM/DFA reviews, drawing reviews, GD&T, and assembly stack-up tolerance analysis.
• Lead industrialization across welding, injection molding, die casting, brazing, fabrication, plastics, sheet metal, busbars, cold plates, tooling, and potting/encapsulation.
• Drive tooling development and qualification for molds, dies, fixtures, and production equipment.
• Evaluate new or alternative materials and manufacturing processes.
• Identify and drive cost reduction activities through process, material, tooling, yield, and manufacturing optimization.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in supplier development, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, supplier industrialization, or a related field.
• BS degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, materials engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience and exceptional ability.
• In-depth knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes and supplier industrialization.
• Experience taking components from design through production.
• Skilled in detailed drawing reviews, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, metrology, and statistical data analysis techniques including SPC, DOE, and sampling plans.
• Comprehensive understanding of quality management systems and standards such as ISO 9001 and PPAP.
• Ability to independently assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, identify process risks, and drive corrective actions.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in manufacturing and/or process engineering focused on welding, injection molding, die casting, brazing, fabrication, plastics, sheet metal, busbars, cold plates, tooling, and potting
• Experience with power electronics, power conversion, thermal management, or other complex electromechanical products.
• Experience with ERP and PLM tools to support BOM control, change management, factory quality, and supplier reporting.
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills (Tableau, JMP, Minitab, etc.).
• Experience leading supplier industrialization or mentoring engineers in a senior/staff technical capacity.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
• Benefits

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to build better converters to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid.