Senior Reliability & Supplier Industrialization Engineer (Equity)

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries Inc. in Huntington Beach, CA seeks a Senior Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer focused on avionics, PCBA, and harnessing to qualify, develop, and scale suppliers that meet stringent electrical hardware requirements.

The role spans Electrical Engineering, Avionics, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Test, and supplier coordination from early design through production and field support. Regular hands‑on work with assembly and harness processes is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, electronics engineering, or equivalent.
• Five or more years of experience in supplier industrialization, electronics manufacturing, supplier quality, or avionics production.
• Experience with PCB assembly, cable and harness fabrication, electrical inspection, functional test, or related electronics manufacturing processes.
• Experience with FMEA, control plans, first article inspection, process validation, and root‑cause methods.
• Ability to evaluate supplier processes and define practical controls for high‑reliability hardware.
• Ability to communicate clearly with suppliers and cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier industrialization for avionics assemblies, PCBA, cable harnesses, and related electrical hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Support avionics design reviews by identifying assembly, testability, component, soldering, routing, and harness‑integration risks.
• Develop commodity FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria for critical electrical hardware.
• Assess supplier capability across SMT, through‑hole assembly, soldering, conformal coating, cable fabrication, crimping, over‑molding, and electrical test.
• Establish first article requirements, process‑validation plans, workmanship standards, inspection coverage, and objective evidence for supplier production readiness.
• Monitor supplier performance using quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process‑capability, and test‑failure data.
• Lead root‑cause and corrective‑action investigations for recurring supplier nonconformances, solder defects, workmanship issues, electrical failures, and harness escapes.
• Support obsolescence, redesign, alternate‑source, and supplier‑transition activities while preserving configuration integrity and production continuity.
• Feed supplier lessons learned into avionics design standards, manufacturing methods, inspection strategies, sourcing decisions, and reliability‑growth activities.
• Up to 100% travel

Skills

Supplier Industrialization

Electronics Manufacturing

FMEA

Control Plans

First Article

Root Cause Analysis

Supplier Quality

Communication

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

X-ray inspection

AOI

IPC Standards

Job description

Mach Industries Inc. in Huntington Beach, CA seeks a Senior Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer focused on avionics, PCBA, and harnessing to qualify, develop, and scale suppliers that meet stringent electrical hardware requirements.

The role spans Electrical Engineering, Avionics, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Test, and supplier coordination from early design through production and field support. Regular hands‑on work with assembly and harness processes is required.