Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) – Electronics & PCBA
Redwood Materials
$147,500 - $197,500 / year
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About Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it.
Position Summary:
Redwood Materials is looking for a best-in-class electronics Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) to help scale our printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) suppliers to meet our aggressive production ramp schedules for our novel energy generation product. This is a fully on-site role at the San Francisco R&D Space, with 30% international travel to supplier and CM sites. You will be responsible for ensuring all parts provided by your suppliers meet dimensional, functional, and reliability requirements. You will support ramping suppliers with detailed capacity analysis, process approvals, part qualifications, NPI builds, and ongoing supplier performance and audits. You are a doer, excited about getting your hands dirty and working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting with new technologies. The SIE will work closely with cross-functional partners in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Manufacturing to ensure that design and customer success targets are met.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support supplier audits (process, system, product) and risk assessments to help qualify new sources and ensure readiness for mass production
- Partner with GSMs, Design Engineering, and suppliers to align specifications, tolerance stack-ups, test coverage, and process controls
- Review dimensional and quality reports, first article inspections, and other process control data to ensure part compliance
- Execute PPAP/FAI activities and help define incoming inspection criteria based on part criticality, GD&T, and critical-to-quality key characteristics
- Support supplier non-conformance resolution, drive 8D investigations, and follow through with verification of effectiveness activities with vendors
- Maintain supplier scorecards with clear KPIs such as yield, PPM, delivery performance, and DFM responsiveness
- Support NPI builds and DFM/DFA feedback loops through early supplier engagement and pilot line walkthroughs
- Help build and define a strong and 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
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- S. in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics or equivalent technical background
- S. in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Supply Chain, and/or MBA a plus
- 5+ years of supplier quality, industrial engineering, process controls, or other related experience, ideally in automotive, industrial hardware, or other high-volume electronics manufacturing environments
- Strong understanding of PCBA manufacturing processes (SMT, through-hole wave and selective soldering, reflow oven profiles, test strategies, etc.)
- Strong proficiency in statistics, reading schematics, component drawings, and developing manufacturing processes for high volume capacity and quality targets
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, SPC, DFMEA/PFMEA, ISO, and AECQ quality systems
- Highly collaborative, data-driven, and proactive; capable of thriving in fast-paced startup environments
- Willingness to travel internationally to supplier and CM sites as needed (30%)
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The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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About this role
Redwood Materials is scaling production of novel energy systems and needs an experienced supplier industrialization engineer to help their PCBA suppliers meet aggressive ramp schedules. Based in San Francisco with 30% international travel to supplier sites, this role sits at the intersection of supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing—you'll own supplier qualification, process approvals, quality compliance, and ongoing performance management across a network of contract manufacturers and component suppliers.
The work is hands-on and operational. You'll conduct supplier audits, review dimensional and quality data, execute PPAP/FAI activities, drive non-conformance resolution, and support NPI builds. You'll need deep familiarity with PCBA manufacturing processes (SMT, soldering, reflow, test strategies) and quality systems like APQP, SPC, and DFMEA. The role demands someone who can read schematics, work with statistics and GD&T, and collaborate across cross-functional teams—design engineering, supply chain, finance, manufacturing—to keep suppliers aligned with specifications and timelines.
This is best suited to someone with 5+ years in supplier quality, process controls, or industrial engineering, ideally from automotive or high-volume electronics backgrounds. You should be data-driven, proactive, and comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment where you're expected to solve problems directly rather than escalate them. The salary range is $147,500–$197,500.
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