Senior Principal Supply Chain Engineer (HDD)

Location: San Jose Great Oaks Headquarters, San Jose, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $170,600–$227,400 per year

Company

hirify.global develops data storage systems and manufacturing infrastructure for hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise environments.

What you will do

• Partner with suppliers to evaluate, pilot, and scale technologies, processes, and materials that improve cost, performance, quality, and time-to-market.
• Act as the technical interface between suppliers and engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, finance, and program management teams.
• Lead total-cost-of-ownership reduction through design for manufacturability, process optimization, automation, yield improvement, lifecycle cost analysis, and should-cost modeling.
• Assess supplier capacity, scalability, technical readiness, operational maturity, equipment readiness, workforce skills, and digitalization.
• Strengthen supplier resilience through dual sourcing, risk mitigation, recovery planning, and sustainability initiatives.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action for systemic supplier issues while promoting Lean, Six Sigma, and SPC methods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, electronics, physics, chemistry, supply chain, operations, or a related technical field.
• Extensive experience in supply chain engineering, manufacturing engineering, supplier development, or a related role.
• Direct experience working with suppliers on technical, operational, or cost-reduction initiatives.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical field and an MBA.
• Experience introducing new manufacturing technologies or processes into production.
• Background in cost modeling, should-cost analysis, or value engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, accident, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts, employee assistance, and voluntary benefit programs.
• Tuition reimbursement, transit benefits, employee stock purchase plan, and WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Eligibility for short-term and long-term incentive programs may apply depending on the role and performance.