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Salary: USD 177,500 - 235,000 / annual
Redwood Materials, founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America and a leader in second-life battery deployment for AI data centers. The company is profitable and positioned to lead a market projected to grow 20–50x over the next decade.
You will serve as a Supplier Industrialization Engineer supporting the scaling of mechanical commodity suppliers (stampings, busbars, harnesses, CNC machined components) to meet aggressive production ramps for Redwood's novel energy generation product. This is a hybrid role based at the San Francisco R&D space with 30% international travel to supplier sites.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conduct supplier audits (process, system, product) and risk assessments to qualify new sources and ensure mass-production readiness
- Partner with Global Supply Managers, Design Engineering, and suppliers to align specifications, tolerance stack-ups, test coverage, and process controls
- Review dimensional and quality reports, first article inspections, and process control data to ensure part compliance
- Execute PPAP/FAI activities and define incoming inspection criteria based on part criticality, GD&T, and critical-to-quality characteristics
- Support supplier non-conformance resolution, drive 8D investigations, and verify effectiveness with vendors
- Maintain supplier scorecards tracking yield, PPM, delivery performance, and DFM responsiveness
- Support NPI builds and DFM/DFA feedback loops through early supplier engagement and pilot line walkthroughs
- Build and define a capable network of vendor partners with robust process, technical capability, reliability, and capacity
- Support make-vs-buy, dual sourcing, and localization efforts across global supply chains
- Contribute to sourcing decisions, lead-time analysis, and manufacturing footprint strategies
You are a doer excited about hands-on work in a dynamic, fast-paced setting with new technologies. You will work closely with cross-functional partners in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Manufacturing to ensure design and customer success targets are met.
Requirements:
- B.S. in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or equivalent technical background
- M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Supply Chain, and/or MBA preferred
- 3+ years of supplier quality, industrial engineering, process controls, or related experience, ideally in automotive, industrial hardware, or high-volume electronics manufacturing
- Strong understanding of mechanical fabrication processes: CNC machining, casting, injection molding, extrusion, sheet metal, riveting, welding, plating
- Familiarity with PCBA manufacturing processes (SMT, through-hole wave and selective soldering, reflow oven profiles, test strategies)
- Proficiency reading engineering drawings and applying GD&T; familiarity with dimension metrology (CMM, calipers, gauges) and statistical process control
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, SPC, DFMEA/PFMEA, and ISO quality systems
- Highly collaborative, data-driven, and proactive; capable of thriving in fast-paced startup environments
- Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites as needed (30%)
