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 lightweighting 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