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Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Mechanical Components

Redwood Materials · San Francisco, CA

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Level
Engineer
Team
Reliability
Travel
30%
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Metals
Posted
10 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level reliability role at Redwood Materials (metals) in San Francisco, CA. In Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics or equivalent technical background.

They ask for
3+ years
Tools it names
Root cause, SPC, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, GD&T
Day to day
about 30% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Reliability Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $115k–$165k.

Median of the low and high ends of 61 live postings that list pay, out of 130 reliability engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 129 other live reliability postings in California.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $115k–$165k, from 61 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Root cause 71%
  • ✓ FMEA 43%
  • ✓ New product launch 42%
  • Automation 32%
  • Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 28%
  • ✓ SPC 20%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for PPAP, CNC, Injection molding, Stamping, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Redwood Materials in San Francisco

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Position Summary

Redwood Materials is looking for a best-in-class Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) to help scale our mechanical commodity suppliers across stampings, busbars, harnesses, CNC machined components, etc. 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 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.

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
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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.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

  • •B.S. in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics or equivalent technical background
  • •M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Supply Chain, and/or MBA a plus
  • •3+ 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 mechanical fabrication processes: CNC machining, casting, injection molding, extrusion, sheet metal, riveting, welding, plating, etc.
  • •Familiarity with PCBA manufacturing processes (SMT, through-hole wave and selective soldering, reflow oven profiles, test strategies, etc.)
  • •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%)

California Pay Range

$177,500 — $235,000 USD

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