Log In
Sign Up
Engineer
Mainspring Energy Hiring for Senior Supplier Development Engineer – Mechanical (remote or hybrid) at Remote Full Time
Full Job Description
Senior Supplier Development Engineer – Mechanical (remote or hybrid)
(Remote or hybrid employee with up to 50% domestic and international travel)
Company Overview
Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers onsite, fuel-flexible power to help accelerate the transition to the future grid.
The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the customer and utility sides of the meter for the $750B global electricity equipment market. Mainspring began pilot customer installations in 2020 and plans its full commercial launch in 2021 with Fortune 100 customers and partnerships with top-tier utilities.
We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:
- Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
- Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
- Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.
Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and is backed by top-tier venture and strategic investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Centrica Innovations. More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com.
Responsibilities
Mainspring is growing rapidly and transitioning to mass production of its revolutionary linear generator. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing suppliers of precision mechanical components. As a Supplier Development Engineer, you will partner with suppliers, internal stakeholders, and contract manufacturers to develop robust production systems, partnerships, and strategies for long term success.
To succeed in this role, you must combine strong technical skills with good knowledge of manufacturing, lean manufacturing, quality, and have the necessary interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Own the technical manufacturing processes for critical mechanical components
- Lead early supplier engagement
- Build strong relationships with critical suppliers
- Drive supplier selection and supply strategy in critical components
- Develop supplier capabilities for cost, quality, capacity, and process improvement
- Lead design for manufacturing (DFM) activities in partnering with internal stakeholders such as design engineering to provide feedback and make improvements
- Develop robust should-cost models and drive suppliers to best total cost
- Become subject matter expert for capacity, cost, and quality
Qualifications
- Travel: 50% domestic and international
- Thorough understanding of quality methods including SPC, gaging, PPAP, MPAP, etc.
- Extensive knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Knowledge of supply chain management
- Familiarity with manufacturing costing and industrial coating technologies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- 3+ years’ experience managing supplier relationships
- Comprehensive shop floor experience in machining, casting, metal coatings, weldings, sheet metal, and assembly preferred
- English fluency required, Spanish fluency a plus
- Degree requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field and/or equivalent experience with 5 years’ experience
Or
- Associate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field and/or equivalent experience with 8 years’ experience
The Bay Area salary for this role is $115k-$178k base + pre-IPO stock options + benefits. This position is hybrid or remote. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. (#Mogul)