Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Mechanical; Remote or Hybrid

Senior Staff Supplier Quality Engineer - Mechanical (Remote or Hybrid)

The Supplier Quality Team is responsible for supplier selection and performance monitoring as it relates to key supplier delivery and quality requirements.

You will refine and execute improvements to the supplier audit and qualification process in concert with Supply Chain, Engineering and the other members of the QA team.

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable local power generation technology, the Mainspring Linear Generator.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, Lightrock, and General Cayalyst Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.

While Mainspring is growing rapidly to scale production of its linear generators, quality is a crucial element to the success of our mission.

You will work to develop and execute quality plans by utilizing the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process, including working with other tools such as Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and root-cause analysis on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain trusting relationships with the assigned suppliers as well as our internal stakeholders
• Assess supplier capability via site visits and process audits for compliance to regulations, agreements, standards, and documented processes.
• Collaboratively qualify processes with Suppliers, Design Engineers, Supplier Quality Team and Incoming Inspection Team
• Actively participate in and lead new product development teams as it relates to supplier quality to support product and process design and development activities via leading the supplier risk management process
• Support the review/approve product and process change control documentation and specifications as it relates to assigned suppliers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline
• 15+ years of Quality Engineering experience in a fast paced and high growth environment (industrial and/or automotive a plus)
• 2+ years of experience in one of these areas: machining, welding, casting, coating (automotive or aerospace quality systems a plus)
• Knowledge and experience with implementing APQP, PPAP and Root Cause Analysis
• Six Sigma, Lean, and ASQ Certification and trainings are preferred
• The position will require up to 30% travel

Must-haves

• You have successfully launched, into volume production, complex components and assemblies using quality planning from prototype through mass production stages
• You have actively participated in a product development effort and thus know what it takes to transition from prototype to volume production
• You have a good understanding of and have successfully implemented gates within a product development process
• You can thrive in structured and unstructured environments and are not dissuaded at the prospect of making hard decisions about what is important and urgent against a backdrop of limited resources
• Experience with mechanical/machined parts and components

Nice-to-haves

• You have used collaboration tools like Basecamp, Asana or Trello and relational databases like Airtable or Quickbase to achieve results with X-functional teams
• You have effectively used Background in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing ANSI Y14.5 to interpret manufacturing drawings and tolerance requirements
• Experience with special processes, assemblies and test methods
• Advanced inspection methods such as vision or laser scanning and metrology

Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.