Supplier Industrialization Engineer
Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.
Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.
We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.
Job Overview
As Heron Power’s Supplier Industrialization Engineer, you will take ownership of supplier development and quality management across our supplier network. In this pivotal role, you’ll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from design engineering, NPI, reliability and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships.
You will ensure the technical success of Heron’s supply chain, overseeing supplier performance and implementing supplier quality systems. This is a vital role for expanding and strengthening our supply base and offers significant potential for advancement into a leadership position.
How You Will Contribute
- Develop Heron’s supplier capabilities through technical capability assessments and manufacturing process improvement initiatives.
- Lead supplier qualification to ensure sustained high-quality, cost-effective, and timely delivery of critical components and assemblies.
- Facilitate clear communication of technical requirements between suppliers and Heron’s GSM, design...