Director of Supplier Industrialization & Quality Engineering

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Comprehensive benefits

100% employee medical/dental/vision

Dependent coverage 80%

Paid parental leave

Generous vacation

Job summary

Form Energy seeks a Director of Supplier Industrialization Engineering and Quality to build and lead the team responsible for the technical relationship with the supplier base, from sketch to high-volume production. This role unites engineering and quality systems, sets the quality bar, and ensures suppliers meet spec as we scale battery manufacturing.

Relocation assistance is available. You will shape the strategy, grow the org, and partner with Global Supply Managers to drive cost, quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical/manufacturing/materials engineering or related field.
• 12+ years in supplier industrialization, quality, or manufacturing engineering with 5+ years in leadership.
• Experience building quality and industrialization systems from the ground up in hardware/battery environments.
• Strong technical fluency to discuss risk, tradeoffs, and strategy with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead Supplier Industrialization Engineering and Supplier Quality teams across materials, components, and equipment.
• Own end-to-end industrialization journey from design-for-manufacturability to sustaining production.
• Build and own supplier quality management system (PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, control plans, SCAR/8D).
• Set technical bar for supplier selection and qualification with Global Sourcing.
• Own supplier process capability and yield, drive root cause analysis with cross-functional teams.
• Develop roadmap for quality systems aligned to ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 and company scale.
• Represent supplier readiness in Product Development Process ensuring qualification before scale.
• Partner with Supply Chain to align roadmaps with build plans and deployment targets.

Skills

Leadership

Root cause analysis

DFM/DFA

PPAP/APQP/FMEA

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, or related

Job description

Form Energy seeks a Director of Supplier Industrialization Engineering and Quality to build and lead the team responsible for the technical relationship with the supplier base, from sketch to high-volume production. This role unites engineering and quality systems, sets the quality bar, and ensures suppliers meet spec as we scale battery manufacturing.

Relocation assistance is available. You will shape the strategy, grow the org, and partner with Global Supply Managers to drive cost, quality,