Staff Supply Chain Engineer – Molten Salts

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with suppliers to enhance quality, delivery, manufacturing, and inventory performance.

• Perform audits of new suppliers and evaluate technical quality documentation.

• Conduct onsite visits to suppliers for problem resolution, root cause analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and development initiatives.

• Oversee quality concerns and Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).

• Assist procurement and engineering efforts, including quality control, defining technical and quality requirements, supplier selection, and managing supplier relationships.

• Create and implement improvements in reliability for designs and manufacturing processes.

• Offer technical evaluations and guidance on drawings, specifications, and material requirements.

• Work alongside engineers, manufacturing, design, operations, subject matter experts, and technicians to address material and processing challenges.

• Identify process deficiencies, establish corrective actions, and ensure vendors meet deadlines.

• Facilitate PFMEA and related APQP processes.

• Aid in the creation of manufacturing instructions that document quality-critical characteristics.

• Spend significant time onsite at vendor facilities and engage in supplier plant start-ups.

• Manage projects for new production lines and plant launches as the molten salt supply chain expands.

• Accelerate the development of new molten salt production lines and facilities in alignment with CFS business requirements.

• Comply with supply chain, procurement, intellectual property, and export compliance regulations.

• Establish quality signals and processes in collaboration with production operations, inspection, shipping/receiving, and engineering teams.

• Drive enhancements in system reliability, manufacturability, and efficiency.

• Lead investigations into supplier quality failures and address root causes.

• Identify opportunities for risk reduction and design/process simplification.

• Evaluate acceptance and qualification of new supplier capabilities.

• Monitor supplier capabilities for unforeseen risks and address issues as they arise.

• Assess changes in supplier processes and their cross-functional impacts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

• Over 6 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience in chemical plants.

• Expertise in supplier management.

• Strong background in manufacturing, industrial engineering, process expertise, and a quick learning ability for new parts and systems.

• Proficient in performing Supplier Assessments & Audits, including Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001, AS 9100, and IATF 16949.

• Familiarity with PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, capacity analysis, and Lean Six Sigma initiatives.

• Capability to design, establish, and execute supplier quality improvement processes and procedures.

• Technical knowledge of 2D blueprints and model drawings.

• Understanding of supplier quality processes, including PPAP, APQP, first article inspection reports, supplier relationship management, coordination, and communication.

• Ability to engage in activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended durations.

• Willingness to travel or work nights, weekends, or be on-call as needed.

• Capability to work in environments with industrial hazards, including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.

• Strong skills in negotiation, communication, collaboration, prioritization, customer service, problem-solving, judgment, and working effectively under pressure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity opportunities.

• 13 Company-wide holidays.

• Flexible vacation days.

• 10 sick days.

• Generous parental leave policy.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Team-building activities.