Supplier Industrialization Engineer - PCBA

The role

You will spearhead supplier quality, development, and manufacturing excellence for PCBAs. You will perform Design for Manufacturing, drive contract manufacturers, and manage production line capacity.

What you will do

• Perform Design for Manufacturing (DfM) on PCBAs and Top Level Assembly (TLA)
• Drive Contract Manufacturers on quality, responsiveness, and process efficiency
• Own and be responsible for field quality failures through Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs)
• Participate in supplier quotations as a technical expert
• Determine and manage production line layout capacity
• Audit and improve suppliers onsite
• Deploy and monitor statistical quality control (SPC) methodologies
• Ensure compliance with IPC, ISO, and automotive/aerospace standards
• Act as critical-to-quality (CTQ) leadership during New Product Introductions (NPIs)
• Travel internationally to engage with manufacturing partners

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, or Manufacturing Engineering, with a strong focus on PCB/PCBA manufacturing
• Expertise in PCBA and TLA production processes, including SMT, through-hole soldering, reflow, AOI, ICT, and conformal coating
• Experience working with CMs for PCB and PCBA assembly
• Knowledge of IPC and ISO standards
• Proven success in supplier audits, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, and supplier selection & monitoring
• Hands-on experience in root cause analysis & corrective actions (8D, 5-Whys, Pareto, Fishbone)
• Strong DFM experience for PCBAs, proficiency in Gerber viewers
• Ability to troubleshoot PCBA failures
• Understanding of GD&T
• Experience leading supplier process validation, including EOL testing and first article qualification
• Strong experience with data analytics tools (JMP, Minitab, R, etc.)
• Success implementing automation/new tech with suppliers

Nice to have

• FPC/FPCA is a plus
• certification as internal auditor is a plus

Benefits

• equity compensation
• overtime pay
• discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• sales incentives
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• paid time off

Before you apply

• Must be eligible to work in the US
• Must be able to travel globally 30-40% of the time as needed

About the company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They design, build, and operate an autonomous logistics system to deliver food, medicine and essential goods.