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We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.\nOur first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.\nWe understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.\nJob Overview\nAs Heron Power’s Supplier Industrialization Engineer - PCBA, you will take ownership of supplier development and manufacturing readiness across Heron’s PCB, PCBA, and electronics supply base. You’ll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from engineering, NPI, reliability and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships.\nYou will ensure the technical success of Heron’s electronics supply chain, overseeing supplier performance, manufacturing processes, qualification, and quality systems. This is a highly technical role with significant ownership across supplier qualification, DFM, NPI, production ramp, and continuous improvement, with potential for advancement into a leadership position.\nHow You Will Contribute\nDevelop Heron’s PCBA and electronics supplier capabilities through technical capability assessments and manufacturing process improvement initiatives.\n\nLead supplier qualification to ensure sustained high-quality, cost-effective, and timely delivery of critical PCBs, PCBAs, and power electronic assemblies.\n\nFacilitate clear communication of technical requirements between suppliers and Heron’s supply chain, electrical engineering, power electronics, and manufacturing teams.\n\nDrive supplier DFM/DFA reviews, PCB/PCBA design-for-manufacturing assessments, process reviews, and ensure assembly processes can meet design requirements.\n\nLead industrialization and supplier development across PCB fabrication, SMT, through-hole assembly, soldering, power semiconductor assembly, inspection, electrical test, and high-power PCBA processes.\n\nDrive supplier process capability, yield improvement, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for critical manufacturing and quality issues.\n\nContribute to the evaluation of new or alternative PCB, component, material, and manufacturing technologies for improved reliability, manufacturability, or cost reduction.\n\nIdentify and drive cost reduction activities through process, material, automation, yield, and manufacturing optimization.\n\nWhat You Will Bring\nMust Have Requirements\n8+ years of experience in PCBA manufacturing, supplier development, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, supplier industrialization, or a related field.\n\nBS degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial engineering, or demonstrable equivalent experience and exceptional ability.\n\nIn-depth knowledge of PCB/PCBA manufacturing processes, with demonstrated experience taking complex electronic assemblies from development through production.\n\nStrong understanding of SMT, through-hole assembly, soldering, PCB fabrication, inspection, electrical test, and manufacturing process controls.\n\nSkilled in DFM/DFA, process capability, metrology, and statistical data analysis techniques including SPC, DOE, and sampling plans.\n\nComprehensive understanding of quality management systems and standards such as ISO 9001 and PPAP.\n\nDemonstrated ability to independently assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, identify process risks, and drive corrective actions through production.\n\nWillingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice.\n\nNice to Haves\nPrior experience in manufacturing and/or process engineering focused on power electronics, PCBA, PCB fabrication, power semiconductors, high-voltage/high-current assemblies, or power conversion products.\n\nExperience with SiC, MOSFET, high-power switching, thermal management, or other power-electronics technologies.\n\nExperience with AOI, X-ray, functional test, in-circuit test, electrical characterization, or reliability testing.\n\nExperience with ERP and PLM tools to support BOM control, change management, factory quality, and supplier reporting.\n\nStrong data analysis and visualization skills (Tableau, JMP, Minitab, etc.).\n\nExperience leading supplier industrialization or mentoring engineers in a senior/staff technical capacity.\n\nIf you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.\nHeron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. 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