Lead Supplier Liaison Engineer – China

Stark builds the worlds most powerful electric motorcycles. From the VARG MX to the road-legal VARG EX & SM our bikes have won world championships and are engineered to outperform anything with a combustion engine.

Were based in Sant Boi Barcelona growing fast (77% year-on-year) and building a team that will take us even further. If you want to work on a product that people are genuinely obsessed with this is it.

Stark will become the global market leader in premium motorcycles. Building premium motorcycles requires innovation and we need your help to make us succeed

Our mission is to lead the way towards a sustainable motorcycle industry by reducing plastic and CO2 pollution.

This will be achieved by building sustainable products that are superior to traditional technology in terms of Performance Emotion and Design.

• Act as the primary on-the-ground bridge between Stark Futures engineering teams in Barcelona and our component suppliers across China ensuring requirements specifications and feedback flow accurately and quickly in both directions.

• Translate engineering intent into clear unambiguous technical communication for suppliers covering drawings specifications tolerances test requirements and change requests and translate supplier responses constraints and proposals back to the engineering teams.

• Resolve language time-zone and cultural gaps that slow development holding near-real-time contact with suppliers during European off-hours so issues are unblocked overnight rather than waiting a full cycle.

• Visit supplier sites regularly across mechanical electronics powertrain and battery component areas to review progress first-hand inspect samples and tooling and accelerate problem solving in person.

• Drive supplier development and on-time delivery of prototype and production parts tracking milestones escalating risks early and pushing suppliers to meet Stark Futures timelines and quality standards.

• Coordinate sample submission first-article inspection and design iterations chasing samples organising measurements and tests and ensuring fast documented feedback loops between supplier and engineer.

• Clarify and document technical questions from suppliers gathering the right answers from the relevant Stark Future engineers and closing them out without unnecessary delay.

• Support sourcing and quality teams during supplier selection technical reviews capability assessments and audits providing local technical judgement on whether a supplier can meet design intent.

• Maintain clear written records of decisions agreements open points and action items with each supplier so nothing is lost across languages and time zones.

• Proactively identify recurring communication or process bottlenecks between Stark Future and its supply base and propose improvements to ways of working tools and documentation.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering sourcing quality and production to ensure seamless integration of supplied components into the product.

• Help shape and grow Stark Futures technical presence in China contributing to processes and over time potentially building a small local supplier-engineering team.

• University degree in mechanical electrical mechatronics or manufacturing engineering or a closely related field.

• 5 years of full-time industry experience working with manufacturing suppliers ideally in automotive e-mobility consumer electronics or similar high-pace hardware industries.

• Based in Shanghai (or willing to relocate) with the ability to travel frequently to supplier sites across China.

• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and professional working English able to communicate technical detail accurately in both languages verbally and in writing.

• Strong general engineering literacy across multiple component types: ability to read and interpret 2D drawings and 3D models GD&T BOMs and basic test/validation requirements.

• Hands-on understanding of common manufacturing processes (machining casting injection moulding sheet metal PCB/electronics assembly) and how design choices affect cost quality and lead time.

• Experience driving suppliers on quality samples first-article inspection and on-time delivery of prototype and production parts.

• Excellent communication coordination and interpersonal skills comfortable as the trusted intermediary between demanding engineers and external suppliers.

• Highly organised and proactive able to manage many parallel open points and keep them moving without close supervision.

• Comfortable in an agile fast-paced and innovative environment and motivated by shortening development cycles.

• Working knowledge of common collaboration and PLM/file-sharing tools; familiarity with version control of documentation is a plus.

• Background in developing electric powertrains or EV components for vehicles is a strong advantage.

• Speed of work reduction in supplier response and iteration times

• Time to market acceleration of development cycles with suppliers

• Quality of work number of requested iterations

• Cooperation within organization as well as with suppliers

• Keeping time plan

• Innovations and improvements to ways of working with the supply base

• Work attitude we want to spread a positive atmosphere in the office

• E-mail always answered within 24 hours.

• The chance to work on a product people are genuinely passionate about

• A fast-growing company with real momentum

• A creative international team

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Direct access to riders race teams and the product

At Stark we dont just accept differencewe celebrate it we support it and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees our products and our community.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone regardless of gender identity sexual orientation race religion age neurodiversity or disability feels a true sense of belonging. We believe that diverse teams make better decisions and that a culture of equity is a prerequisite for innovation.

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We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are excited to see how your unique perspective can help us grow