Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Heron Power; Scotts Valley (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits and equity options

Job summary

Heron Power is seeking a Supplier Industrialization Engineer to oversee supplier development and quality management within their network. This role involves collaborating with the supply chain, design engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure technical success and sustained high quality of components. The ideal candidate should have 5-7 years of relevant experience, a BS degree in engineering, and in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes. This position offers career advancement opportunities in a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in supplier development and/or supplier quality.
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes related to mechanical and electrical components.
• Skilled in performing detailed drawing reviews and statistical data analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop supplier capabilities through technical assessments and improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier qualification for high-quality, cost-effective component delivery.
• Facilitate communication of technical requirements between teams.

Skills

Supplier development

Quality management

Manufacturing process improvement

Statistical data analysis

Education

BS degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering

Tools

ERP and PLM tools

Tableau

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.

Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.

We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.

Job Overview

As Heron Power’s Supplier Industrialization Engineer, you will take ownership of supplier development and quality management across our supplier network. In this pivotal role, you’ll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from design engineering, NPI, reliability, and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships.

You will ensure the technical success of Heron’s supply chain, overseeing supplier performance and implementing supplier quality systems. This is a vital role for expanding and strengthening our supply base and offers significant potential for advancement into a leadership position.

How You Will Contribute

• Develop Heron’s supplier capabilities through technical capability assessments and manufacturing process improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier qualification to ensure sustained high-quality, cost-effective, and timely delivery of critical components and assemblies.
• Facilitate clear communication of technical requirements between suppliers and Heron’s GSM, design and manufacturing teams.
• Drive supplier DFM reviews, assembly stack-up tolerance analysis and ensure assembly processes can meet design requirements.
• Contribute to the evaluation of new or alternative materials for improved design, manufacturability, or cost reduction.
• Identify and drive cost-reduction activities by utilizing process, material optimization, and yield improvements.

What You Will Bring

We’re open to early to mid‑career candidates with or without leadership experience. Scope and responsibilities will scale with the right candidate.

Must Have Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in supplier development and/or supplier quality.
• BS degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience and exceptional ability.
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes related to mechanical, electrical (including PCB and PCBA), or electro-mechanical components and assemblies.
• Skilled in performing detailed drawing reviews, 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, IATF 16949, APQP, and PPAP.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice.

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience in manufacturing and/or process engineering focused on power semiconductors, injection molding, stamping, sheet metal fabrication, PCBA processes, or top level assembly lines.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, with a good understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• 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.).

If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast‑paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.

Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits.