Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Wire Harnessing

Zipline•South San Francisco, CA

3h•$130,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

Zipline Needs Wire Harness and FPC/FFC assemblies that can be built consistently at scale and perform reliably in the field. As a Harness Supplier Industrialization Engineer, you will own the bridge between product design and supplier execution, from advanced development through mass-production qualification. You will partner with engineering teams and contract manufacturers to make designs manufacturable, qualify production processes, confirm capacity, and close supplier-driven quality issues. Your work will determine whether suppliers are ready to support reliable Zipline hardware deployments.

Requirements

A degree in electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience leading new-product industrialization and project management across engineering teams and contract manufacturers.
Strong working knowledge of wire harness and FPC/FFC assembly processes, including design rules for reliable production.
Practical experience with PPAP and structured problem-solving tools, including RCCA, fishbone analysis, process mapping, and 5S.
Direct experience improving supplier or contract-manufacturer quality, process capability, capacity, or production execution.
Clear written and spoken English for communicating technical requirements, readiness risks, and corrective actions across internal teams and suppliers.
Ability to travel internationally up to 30% to engage manufacturing partners, including occasional short-notice travel.

Responsibilities

Provide design-for-manufacturing guidance for wire harness and FPC/FFC assemblies, partnering with engineering teams on assembly design rules.
Lead supplier industrialization during new product introductions, owning critical-to-quality alignment from advanced development through mass-production qualification.
Assess and recommend supplier readiness using PPAP evidence, quality-control processes, critical-to-quality requirements, and demonstrated production-line capacity.
Audit supplier manufacturing processes onsite and drive improvements needed to meet Zipline expectations for quality, capacity, cost targets, responsiveness, and process efficiency.
Own supplier-caused field-quality failures through containment, supplier corrective action requests, root-cause analysis, and verified corrective-action closure that prevents recurrence.
Support supplier quotations as the manufacturing technical expert by evaluating process feasibility and informing manufacturing cost targets.