Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Electronics Mechanical

Novax Recruitment Ltd.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novax Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Supplier Industrialization Engineer in San Francisco to drive the industrialization and qualification of suppliers for electronics and mechanical components.

You will partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure readiness and manage PPAP/FAI/APQP activities. The role requires 2–5+ years in supplier-focused manufacturing engineering, strong analytics, and the ability to travel ~30% internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or Economics.
• 2–5+ years of experience in supplier quality, supplier industrialization, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in electronics, automotive, industrial hardware, energy, or high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of mechanical manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, stamping, casting, injection molding, extrusion, sheet metal, welding, riveting, and plating.
• Understanding of PCBA manufacturing, including SMT, through-hole/selective soldering, reflow, and test strategies.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and GD&T.
• Familiarity with PPAP, FAI, APQP, SPC, DFMEA/PFMEA, ISO quality systems, and 8D problem solving.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites, approximately 30%.

Responsibilities

• Support the industrialization and scaling of mechanical and electronics suppliers through NPI and mass production.
• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to ensure supplier readiness and part qualification.
• Support supplier audits, process approvals, capacity assessments, and production readiness reviews.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, dimensional reports, and quality data to ensure supplier compliance.
• Support PPAP, FAI, APQP, SPC, and process control activities.
• Drive supplier non-conformance resolution, 8D investigations, and corrective actions.
• Maintain supplier scorecards covering quality, yield, PPM, delivery, capacity, and responsiveness.
• Provide DFM/DFA feedback and support NPI builds and pilot production.
• Help develop and qualify a robust global supplier network across CNC machining, sheet metal, stampings, extrusions, injection molding, busbars, harnesses, and PCBA.
• Support make-vs-buy, dual sourcing, localization, lead-time, and manufacturing footprint strategies.
• Work directly with suppliers to improve quality, reliability, capacity, cost, and delivery performance.
• Travel internationally to supplier sites as required, approximately 30%.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics

Job description

Novax Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Supplier Industrialization Engineer in San Francisco to drive the industrialization and qualification of suppliers for electronics and mechanical components.

You will partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure readiness and manage PPAP/FAI/APQP activities. The role requires 2–5+ years in supplier-focused manufacturing engineering, strong analytics, and the ability to travel ~30% internationally.