Wire Harness Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Zipline International Inc.; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline needs a Supplier Industrialization Engineer for wire harnessing in South San Francisco to bridge product design with supplier execution. You will guide advanced development through mass-production qualification and collaborate with contract manufacturers to ensure manufacturability and reliable quality.

This in-person role requires leading supplier industrialization during NPI, assessing readiness with PPAP and QC processes, and addressing supplier-driven quality issues to enable

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading new-product industrialization across engineering teams and contract manufacturers.
• Strong knowledge of wire harness and FPC/FFC assembly processes.
• Practical experience with PPAP and structured problem-solving tools (RCCA, fishbone, mapping, 5S).
• Direct experience improving supplier or contract-manufacturer quality, capacity, or production execution.
• Clear written and spoken English for communicating technical requirements across teams and suppliers.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Provide design-for-manufacturing guidance for wire harness and FPC/FFC assemblies.
• Lead supplier industrialization during new product introductions up to mass-production qualification.
• Assess supplier readiness using PPAP, QC processes, and capacity.
• Audit supplier manufacturing processes onsite and drive improvements for quality, cost targets, and efficiency.
• Own supplier-caused field-quality failures through containment and corrective actions.
• Support supplier quotations as manufacturing technical expert by evaluating feasibility and informing cost targets.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Travel readiness

Quality improvement

Education

Electrical/Industrial/Mechanical engineering degree

Tools

PPAP

RCCA

5S

Process mapping

Fishbone analysis

Job description

Zipline needs a Supplier Industrialization Engineer for wire harnessing in South San Francisco to bridge product design with supplier execution. You will guide advanced development through mass-production qualification and collaborate with contract manufacturers to ensure manufacturability and reliable quality.

This in-person role requires leading supplier industrialization during NPI, assessing readiness with PPAP and QC processes, and addressing supplier-driven quality issues to enable