The Role
The Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer will evaluate and qualify new suppliers, develop quality plans, monitor performance metrics, and resolve quality issues. This role involves collaboration with suppliers on various manufacturing processes to ensure quality targets are met, while also performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
Summary Generated by Built In
Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.
We are looking for a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to help onboard new vendors, and evaluate and analyze their quality.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate and qualify new suppliers, develop and implement quality plans for suppliers
- Monitor supplier performance metrics and drive improvement initiatives to meet or exceed quality targets
- Review and feedback on vendor DFM and inspection plans
- Review first article inspection reports
- Work with suppliers to resolve quality issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
- Monitor supplier performance metrics and drive improvement
- Work across many types of parts including injection molding, die casting, stamping, PCBA, wire harness and textiles
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Biomechanical, Robotics, Mechatronics, or similar field
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, quality systems, and industrial engineering principles
- Proven experience with process validation, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Review supplier process plan and drive improvements before start of production
- Expert at GD&T
- Ability to travel up to 40% of the time
Bonus Qualifications:
- CATIA V6 experience
- Robotics or other high tech industry experience
The Company
What We Do
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA.
