Supplier Development Engineer, Structures

Supplier Development Engineer, Structures | Supply Chain

Location:

Hayward, CA (on-site)

About 1X

We build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to help scale our supply chain to support the delivery of world-class robotics systems. You will be responsible for ensuring suppliers can produce precision structural components that meet our rigorous quality standards. Your work will play a vital role in the launch and sustained production of highly complex bipedal humanoids.

You Will

* Partner with engineering and sourcing teams to select suppliers based on capabilities in castings, machining, and structural assembly

* Source and qualify vendors for castings, extrusions, machined parts, and sheet metal

* Validate surface treatments, welding, heat treatments, and coating processes

* Review GD&T on complex structural components and verify with metrology tools

* Collaborate on light weighting initiatives and design optimizations

* Lead the supplier industrialization process from design through production ramp-up

* Support suppliers with tooling, equipment, and process qualifications

* Assess supplier readiness for vehicle builds and manage production risk

* Drive the APQP process and support PPAP through the start of production

* Train suppliers on 1X's quality systems and review part quality documentation

* Lead root cause and corrective action efforts for supplier quality issues

* Monitor and report supplier quality metrics to ensure ongoing improvement

* Apply lean and quality tools to drive continuous improvement across the supply base

* Travel up to 40%, domestically and internationally, sometimes on short notice