Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Mechanical Components

Location: Fully on-site at the San Francisco R&D Space, United States; requires 30% international travel to supplier sites.

Salary: $177,500–$235,000 USD annually, commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global recycles lithium-ion batteries and recovers, refines, and redeploys critical minerals for the energy supply chain while developing energy-generation products.

What you will do

• Scale suppliers for stampings, busbars, harnesses, CNC-machined components, and other mechanical commodities.
• Support supplier audits, risk assessments, capacity analysis, process approvals, part qualifications, and NPI builds.
• Review dimensional reports, first article inspections, process-control data, and incoming inspection criteria.
• Execute PPAP and FAI activities using GD&T, critical-to-quality characteristics, and part-criticality assessments.
• Drive supplier non-conformance resolution, 8D investigations, effectiveness verification, and supplier scorecards.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, and suppliers on sourcing, localization, DFM/DFA, and production readiness.

Requirements

• B.S. in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or an equivalent technical background.
• 3+ years of experience in supplier quality, industrial engineering, process controls, or related work, ideally in automotive, industrial hardware, or high-volume electronics manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of mechanical fabrication processes, including CNC machining, casting, injection molding, extrusion, sheet metal, riveting, welding, and plating.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and apply GD&T, with familiarity in CMM, calipers, gauges, and statistical process control.
• Familiarity with PCBA manufacturing, APQP, PPAP, SPC, DFMEA, PFMEA, and ISO quality systems.
• Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites approximately 30% of the time.

Nice to have

• M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Supply Chain, and/or an MBA.
• Experience in fast-paced startup environments and high-volume electronics manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with compensation based on experience, education, and skills.
• Hands-on work in a dynamic environment focused on new energy technologies.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, and supplier organizations.