Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Powertrain

ABOUT ZIPLINE

Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers.

The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

Does the prospect of a society-altering challenge - transitioning a first-of-its-kind autonomous robotic system from prototype to volume manufacturing - sound like the type of work that gets you out of bed in the morning? Can you cut through the fog of multiple, competing priorities to focus on the most critical steps required to accomplish both immediate and long-term goals? Are you undeterred by the authority and responsibility that comes with a critical leadership position?

If this excites you, you’re who we’re looking for!

This is an in-person role based out of our HQ in South San Francisco requiring 40-60% traveling to and managing critical partners in Asia and North America.

In this highly visible role, you will own component development qualification activities at suppliers and interact with Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Integrated Planning, and Manufacturing Operations teams to scale Zipline’s manufacturing footprint.

• Plan, organize, direct and conduct industrialization related activities within the Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Material Planning, New Product Introduction (NPI) and Supply Chain teams.
• Participate in Supplier Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews, guide suppliers in efficient use of poka-yokes, best methods of gauging, and correct tools or assembly equipment to use. Provide feedback to Zipline Design teams to ensure alignment and incorporation of feedback during validation build phases and into mass production.
• Lead, track and improve Supplier manufacturing process development and launch readiness for design changes, new products and outsourcing initiatives.
• Lead and implement Supplier improvements in scalability, cost, and quality.
• Guide Suppliers in developing exceptionally robust processes and procedures to promote seamless and efficient production of high quality electrical components.
• Facilitate communication and clarification of technical requirements between Suppliers and Zipline’s Design, Internal Quality and Procurement teams. Collaborate with Zipline Design, Internal Quality and Manufacturing/NPI to determine ideal performance specifications and Supplier metrics.
• Drive improvements utilizing Lean methodologies, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and supplier scorecards.
• Own should-cost modelling and support GSM in pricing/negotiations.

• You have worked for a minimum of 5 years in a fast paced and high growth environment as a Supplier Quality Engineer, Supplier Development Engineer, or Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineering.
• You have successfully launched into volume production complex mechanical / electromechanical components and assemblies from prototype through mass production stages.
• You have actively participated in product design efforts and thus know what it takes to transition from prototype to volume production (CAD system experience like Nx, Catia, Solidworks is a bonus).
• You have worked with an established Quality System and applied it to improve your supply base (applicable standards are AS9100/ISO
  9001/IATF
  16949).
• You have achieved measurable results…