Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Core Tech Casting

Role overview Lead supplier industrialization for mechanical casting and fabrication, helping move product designs from development into reliable production. This cross-functional role works with suppliers and internal engineering, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to qualify production processes, meet demand, and improve cost and performance over a product’s lifecycle.

Responsibilities - Manage mechanical fabrication supplier strategies from new product introduction through full production. - Assess supplier facilities, workforce, and production capabilities for potential qualification. - Launch supplier tooling and production lines, and prepare capacity expansions and production ramps. - Work with quality partners to align suppliers on part requirements and establish statistical process controls. - Improve products, processes, and factory layouts to reduce cost, defects, cycle time, and supply risk. - Coordinate root-cause investigations and ensure corrective and preventive actions are completed.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or a related technical discipline. - At least six years of supplier quality and industrialization experience in manufacturing. - Relevant mechanical fabrication expertise and familiarity with IPC standards, CAD, and GD&T. - Willingness to travel at least 50% of the time.

Nice to have - Mechanical, metallurgical, or materials engineering education. - Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, high-tech, or another related sector. - Knowledge of quality systems, standards, and certifications, including high-mix, low-volume development. - Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills; experience in a fast-paced startup environment. - Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance.