Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Cynet Systems•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

The Supplier Industrialization Engineer works with New Product Development (NPD), engineering, strategic sourcing, and suppliers to procure custom cables and support supplier readiness, manufacturability, quality, cost, and continuity of supply. The role includes supplier selection and development, qualification of parts and processes, supplier change management, corrective and preventive action, and readiness planning for new product introductions. The position leads improvement work across multiple suppliers, using project management, Six Sigma, Lean, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and negotiation practices. It also develops supplier performance metrics and communications, provides data-driven supply-base recommendations to management, and coordinates engineering and supplier activities to improve designs and prepare for product launches.

Responsibilities

Work with NPD to procure custom cables and achieve design for manufacturability, quality, and cost targets.
Support prototype builds and track material readiness at suppliers.
Lead supplier root cause analysis for cable harness failures and drive supplier investigations and corrective and preventive actions.
Mitigate supply risks by evaluating supplier capacity, lead times, and quality issues.
Develop and maintain harness standards, specifications, and design guidelines.
Work with strategic sourcing to evaluate new suppliers and supplier manufacturing sites.
Complete project and part qualification deliverables, including supplier pFMEA, IQ/OQ/PQ process validations, inspection reports, Gage R&R, and process capability analysis.
Work with suppliers on cost reductions, capacity improvements, and risk mitigation.
Select processes and suppliers based on long-term fit and total cost of ownership.
Manage supplier changes involving manufacturing processes, production optimization, facility changes, new equipment qualification, and new line validations.
Initiate and manage engineering change orders to update specifications and drawings when organizational requirements change.
Own supplier variances from initial symptom through root cause analysis and corrective action, with CAPA documentation.
Prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks, and communicate project status to stakeholders.
Develop and pursue a vision for supplier development, documenting actions and decision justifications at an appropriate level of detail.
Generate team and supplier metrics and drive their timely achievement.
Drive supplier business and manufacturing-process improvement using project management, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC, and negotiation practices.
Lead supplier improvement efforts across several suppliers without managerial guidance.
Provide management with timely supply-base health information and recommendations using data-driven analysis and limited guidance.
Prepare supplier communications and independently work with suppliers on scorecard creation.
Work with suppliers and engineering on new product introductions, assess supplier landscapes and launch readiness, and report findings to management.
Develop supplier ramp-readiness plans based on forecast, supplier capacity, quality performance, process capability, and business risk.
Engage suppliers early in development to identify design manufacturability improvements before production.
Guide engineering supplier selection by defining preferred-supplier criteria and leading supplier evaluations.
Review, analyze, and close customer complaints, manufacturing variance requests, and first article inspections by assessing risk analyses and justifications.