Supplier Development Engineer

FluidStack
Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 186,000 - 223,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementSkills: ["Extreme ownership","Autonomy","Velocity","First principles thinking"]

Develop supplier capability hands-on by running process audits, capability studies, and improvement plans at supplier sites. Qualify new suppliers and parts using first articles and PPAP-style approvals, then support ramp. Diagnose and resolve supplier quality issues at the root cause directly with supplier teams. Build capacity ahead of demand so bottlenecks don’t gate production.

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Supplier Development Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop supplier capability hands-on by running process audits, capability studies, and improvement plans at supplier sites. Qualify new suppliers and parts using first articles and PPAP-style approvals, then support ramp. Diagnose and resolve supplier quality issues at the root cause directly with supplier teams. Build capacity ahead of demand so bottlenecks don’t gate production.
Location: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management

Key Responsibilities

  • •Execute supplier capability development onsite, including process audits, capability studies, and improvement plans.
  • •Qualify new suppliers and parts using first articles and PPAP-style approvals, supporting launches through ramp.
  • •Investigate and resolve supplier quality issues at the root cause with supplier teams on their floor.
  • •Identify and remove bottlenecks by building supplier capacity ahead of demand.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 186,000 - 223,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Experience in supplier quality or development engineering in manufacturing.
  • •Ability to audit processes for capability, controls, and culture.
  • •Experience fixing supplier problems at the supplier site (not just by email).
  • •Rigor and speed running first articles and PPAP-style approvals.
  • •Ability to improve suppliers while not doing their jobs for them.
Experience:Manufacturing
Skills:Extreme ownershipAutonomyVelocityFirst principles thinking
Tech Stack:PPAPFirst articlesSPCMSAFMEACapability studies

Company Brief

FluidStack
Builds and deploys large-scale GPU cloud infrastructure for AI labs, enterprises and governments, providing high-performance AI training and inference capacity and rapid data-center deployment services.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2017
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