Senior Supplier Development Engineer

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, United States; 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off; 20%–35% travel required.

Salary: $100,000–$150,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace and defense systems, including products for military aircraft programs.

What you will do

• Lead supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and risk assessments for assigned suppliers and programs.
• Build and manage supplier development plans with owners, milestones, readiness gates, and closure evidence.
• Drive supplier readiness for new product introduction, new supplier onboarding, and work transfers.
• Coordinate program, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and business-readiness actions when supplier maturity is below expectations.
• Improve supplier execution across electro-mechanical assemblies, electronics, supplier-owned IP, and machining-related activities.
• Track supplier development KPIs, open risks, recovery milestones, and verified closure of high-risk actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years of manufacturing engineering or supply chain manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience with supplier development, APQP, industrialization, manufacturing readiness, or operations improvement.
• Ability to assess process maturity, capability evidence, and supplier execution risk.
• Strong project-management, action-tracking, stakeholder-communication, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Torrance, California, and travel 20%–35% as required.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-focused, respectful workplace built around shared core values.
• Competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, FSA, and HSA.
• Flexible paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental insurance coverage.
• Tuition assistance, mentorship, coaching, and leadership-development programs.