Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Mechanical

Location: Costa Mesa, CA

Type: Direct hire, full-time · Base: $146,000–$194,000 + equity · Clearance: None required; ability to obtain U.S. Top Secret preferred · Travel: 50% or more

VDS is recruiting a supplier industrialization engineer to take machined and fabricated parts from prototype to full-rate production at outside suppliers.

What you'll do

• Move mechanical fabrication parts from new product introduction to production.
• Qualify new suppliers for the approved supplier list.
• Stand up tooling and production lines at supplier sites and lead capacity ramps.
• Run statistical process control reviews.
• Close out root-cause and corrective actions with suppliers.

What you bring

• 6+ years in supplier quality or supplier industrialization.
• A bachelor's in engineering or supply chain; mechanical or materials engineering preferred.
• Expertise in mechanical fabrication, CAD and GD&T.

Nice to have

• Defense or aerospace experience, high-mix low-volume production, startup pace.

Demand & Supply Planner

Type: Direct hire, full-time · Base: $112,000–$149,000 + equity · Clearance: None required; ability to obtain U.S. Top Secret preferred · Travel: Up to 10%

VDS is recruiting a planner to own material flow for networked defense product lines, from raw materials to finished goods shipped to customers.

What you'll do

• Manage daily demand signals, orders and inventory levels.
• Resolve supply issues with engineering, purchasing and manufacturing.
• Lead sales and operations planning for assigned product lines.
• Align forecasts with business development plans.
• Maintain MRP settings and master data.

What you bring

• 3+ years in supply chain or production with complex assemblies.
• A bachelor's in a technical or business field; master's preferred.
• Hands-on ERP (Oracle or NetSuite) and Salesforce experience.

Nice to have

• SQL, Tableau or Power BI, Blue Yonder, Lean or Six Sigma.