Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer [Mechanical, Composites, Castings Rel[...]

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA seeks a Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer focused on mechanical hardware, composites, and castings to qualify, develop, and scale suppliers. You will translate mechanical design intent into production processes and manage supplier qualification from early design reviews through production readiness.

The role requires leading root-cause investigations, developing control plans and FMEAs, and coordinating with quality, manufacturing,

Qualifications

• Experience with mechanical hardware, composites, and castings.
• Ability to develop supplier qualification requirements and control plans.
• Experience leading supplier industrialization from design through production readiness.
• Willingness to travel up to 100%.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier industrialization for mechanical components, composite structures, castings, and related hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Support mechanical design reviews by identifying material, tooling, molding, casting, tolerance, inspection, and process risks.
• Develop commodity FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria for critical mechanical hardware.
• Assess supplier capability across composite layup, curing, infusion, molding, casting, heat treatment, finishing, non-destructive inspection, and dimensional inspection.
• Establish first article requirements, process-validation plans, material-control methods, inspection coverage, and objective evidence for supplier production readiness.
• Monitor supplier performance using quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process-capability, material, and inspection data.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations for recurring supplier nonconformances, porosity, delamination, dimensional variation, surface defects, and process escapes.
• Support obsolescence, redesign, alternate-source, and supplier-transition activities while preserving configuration integrity and production continuity.
• Feed supplier lessons learned into mechanical design standards, manufacturing methods, inspection strategies, sourcing decisions, and reliability-growth activities.
• Up to 100% travel

Skills

Mechanical hardware experience

Composites experience

Castings experience

Supplier qualification

Job description

About Mach Industries

Founded in 2023, Mach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. At the core of our mission is the commitment to delivering scalable, decentralized defense systems that enhance the strategic capabilities of the United States and its allies. With a workforce of approximately 350 employees, we operate with startup agility and ambition. Our vision is to redefine the future of warfare through cutting-edge manufacturing, innovation at speed, and unwavering focus on national security. We are dedicated to solving the next generation of warfare with lethal systems that deter kinetic conflict and protect global security.

The Role

Mach Industries is seeking a Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer focused on mechanical hardware, composites, and castings to qualify, develop, and scale suppliers that produce reliable components to engineering, manufacturing, and system requirements. You will translate mechanical design intent into capable material, tooling, molding, casting, finishing, inspection, and production processes. This role spans Mechanical Engineering, Structures, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Test, and suppliers from early design reviews through prototype, qualification, production, and field support. The work is hands-on and requires regular engagement with composite fabrication, casting processes, inspection data, supplier process development, and hardware qualification.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supplier industrialization for mechanical components, composite structures, castings, and related hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Support mechanical design reviews by identifying material, tooling, molding, casting, tolerance, inspection, and process risks.
• Develop commodity FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria for critical mechanical hardware.
• Assess supplier capability across composite layup, curing, infusion, molding, casting, heat treatment, finishing, non-destructive inspection, and dimensional inspection.
• Establish first article requirements, process-validation plans, material-control methods, inspection coverage, and objective evidence for supplier production readiness.
• Monitor supplier performance using quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process-capability, material, and inspection data.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations for recurring supplier nonconformances, porosity, delamination, dimensional variation, surface defects, and process escapes.
• Support obsolescence, redesign, alternate-source, and supplier-transition activities while preserving configuration integrity and production continuity.
• Feed supplier lessons learned into mechanical design standards, manufacturing methods, inspection strategies, sourcing decisions, and reliability-growth activities.
• Up to 100% travel