As a founding member of the Supply Chain team, the Sr. Supplier Industrialization Engineer (Electrical) will work directly with the Director of Supply Chain to ramp up production and build the team. This role drives supplier development, NPI builds, production ramp-up, ongoing quality improvement, and capacity scaling. The engineer will collaborate with design engineers, procurement, and suppliers to ensure manufacturability and resolve quality issues, while creating and implementing supplier technical and quality requirements and PPAP processes.

Responsibilities

Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Expertise: Strong ability to analyze engineering design specifications and provide detailed feedback on manufacturability, ensuring smooth transition from design to high-volume production
Process Flow Development: Skilled in breaking down complex engineering design and testing specifications into structured process flows, identifying critical control points, risks, and optimization opportunities
Capacity Planning & Analysis: Expert in conducting detailed capacity assessments at supplier sites, including equipment throughput, labor efficiency, and line balancing, to ensure supply readiness for NPI and mass production ramps
Collaborate with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent
Work with procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
Function as the lead liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on customer and program requirements and expectations for NPI and production phases
Create and implement a production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or a STEM discipline
5+ years of manufacturing, process or supply chain engineering experience
5+ years of experience with PCB assembly , mechanical assemblies or electronic assemblies manufacturing
Proven track record of taking ownership, successfully negotiating preferred pricing and driving results
Knowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, etc.)
Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.