Senior Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer, PCBA & Harnessing

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead supplier industrialization for avionics assemblies, PCBAs, cable harnesses, and related electrical hardware from design release through production readiness.
• Support avionics design reviews by identifying assembly, testability, component, soldering, routing, and harness-integration risks.
• Develop commodity FMEAs, supplier qualification requirements, control plans, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria for critical electrical hardware.
• Assess supplier capability across SMT, through-hole assembly, soldering, conformal coating, cable fabrication, crimping, over-molding, and electrical test.
• Establish first article requirements, process-validation plans, workmanship standards, inspection coverage, and objective evidence for supplier production readiness.
• Monitor supplier performance using quality, delivery, yield, nonconformance, process-capability, and test-failure data.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations for recurring supplier nonconformances, solder defects, workmanship issues, electrical failures, and harness escapes.
• Support obsolescence, redesign, alternate-source, and supplier-transition activities while preserving configuration integrity and production continuity.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, electronics engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of experience in supplier industrialization, electronics manufacturing, supplier quality, or avionics production.
• Experience with PCB assembly, cable and harness fabrication, electrical inspection, functional test, or related electronics manufacturing processes.
• Experience with FMEA, control plans, first article inspection, process validation, and structured root-cause and corrective-action methods.
• Ability to evaluate supplier processes, identify technical risks, and define practical controls for high-reliability electrical hardware.
• Ability to communicate clearly with suppliers and cross-functional teams while managing multiple industrialization activities.
• Experience with aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, or other high-reliability electronics manufacturing.
• Experience with IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC/WHMA-A-620, workmanship standards, or comparable electronics-quality requirements.