Supply Chain Engineer

Swift Solar • San Carlos, CA

12h • $100,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Supply Chain Engineer at Swift Solar, you’ll be at the forefront of contributing to shaping the company’s supply chain from R&D through manufacturing scale. You’ll be responsible for critical chemicals and materials and help define what we buy, qualify suppliers, and ensure timely deliveries as we move toward volume production. On a typical day, you might define a material specification alongside an R&D Scientist, verify incoming quality in the lab, support the product team on sourcing for a new build, or visit a supplier to assess whether they can scale with us. You’ll manage supplies through our ERP and work closely with our VP of Manufacturing & Supply Chain on supplier evaluations, supplier selections, second sources, demand models, specifications, LOIs, supplier agreements, and supplier audits. Because you’ll touch nearly every function — R&D, Engineering, Product, Operations — the role carries real visibility, and you’ll help define the systems Swift runs on as we scale. One thing worth saying plainly: the job leans toward building today — specifications, sourcing, supplier development and shifts toward leveraging what you’ve built as we move into production. The people who do well here find both halves interesting.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of engineering experience in supply chain or a closely related field, ideally in a technical manufacturing environment
• Degree in Engineering or Science — Materials, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemistry, or Physics
• Ability to hold your own in a technical conversation with R&D
• Manage supplier relationships end-to-end, from qualification and scale-up to long-term agreements and performance monitoring
• Lead documentation of specifications for chemicals and materials
• Understand QA/QC methods and material characterization for chemicals and materials
• Comfortable with the commercial side of sourcing — pricing, agreements, and demand planning
• Organized, proactive, and mission-driven, with a track record of delivering projects on time and a desire to make a meaningful impact on climate change

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-tech production environment — solar PV, semiconductors, or advanced materials
• Silicon PV or semiconductor experience
• Experience sourcing a bill of materials into production
• Startup experience

Responsibilities

• Define a material specification alongside an R&D Scientist
• Verify incoming quality in the lab
• Support the product team on sourcing for a new build
• Visit a supplier to assess whether they can scale with us
• Manage supplies through our ERP
• Work closely with our VP of Manufacturing & Supply Chain on supplier evaluations, supplier selections, second sources, demand models, specifications, LOIs, supplier agreements, and supplier audits
• Define the systems Swift runs on as we scale
• Build specifications, sourcing, and supplier development
• Leverage what you’ve built as we move into production

Benefits

• Competitive package including salary, equity, and benefits
• 100% of your monthly premiums for HMO / PPO group healthcare plan options covered
• 75% of your dental and vision insurance premiums covered
• 401(k) matching
• Clean commuter benefits
• Meaningful equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level