Zipline
Supplier Industrialization Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USAmidAdded 2 months ago
About this role
Zipline is seeking a Supplier Industrialization Engineer to drive the qualification and scaling of components from prototype to high-volume manufacturing. This highly visible role involves collaborating with engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams, while leading suppliers in process improvements and ensuring high-quality production. The position requires significant travel to partners in Asia and North America.
What you'll do
- Lead supplier industrialization activities across design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
- Guide suppliers in DFM, poka-yoke implementation, and assembly equipment optimization.
- Improve supplier scalability, cost, and quality through Lean methodologies and SPC.
- Facilitate technical communication between suppliers and Zipline teams.
- Drive supplier improvements in process robustness and efficiency.
- Own should-cost modeling and support pricing negotiations.
What they're looking for
- Supplier Quality Engineering
- Supplier Development
- Industrialization Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Lean Methodologies
- SPC (Statistical Process Control)
- DFM (Design for Manufacturability)
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Zipline
- Industry
- Logistics & Transportation
Likely interview questions
- Describe a time you had to transition a complex component from prototype to mass production. What were the biggest challenges and how did you overcome them?
- How would you approach a situation where a supplier is consistently failing to meet quality standards?