Senior Industrial Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead value stream mapping (VSM) exercises to define current and future state flows, identify waste, and extract takt-limiting constraints.
• Build and maintain factory simulations (discrete-event, throughput modeling, WIP flow simulation) to validate production architectures and rate-readiness strategies.
• Use simulation tools to evaluate staffing levels, workstation loading, WIP accumulation, bottlenecks, and expansion scenarios.
• Lead factory optimization projects from concept through implementation, including scope, schedule, resource planning, and risk management.
• Develop long-term capacity models, rate-readiness plans, and production system architectures.
• Design and optimize workstation layouts, tooling strategies, and material flow systems for satellite AIT.
• Perform advanced analyses: time studies, discrete-event simulation, constraint modeling, and process mapping.
• Establish and maintain factory performance dashboards and KPIs in partnership with Operations and Program Management.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on factory upgrades, capital investments, and process changes.
• Coach and mentor junior Industrial Engineers and process improvement specialists.
• Ensure compliance with cleanroom, ESD, space hardware handling, and quality system requirements.
• Support digital transformation of the factory including MES enhancements, automation integration, and data-driven operations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or operations engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-part stakeholder projects or factory improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills (Excel, Python, SQL, simulation tools).
• Experience in complex electromechanical assembly environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace or space hardware experience (satellite, avionics, precision structures, or high-reliability electronics).
• Experience with Solumina, SAP, FactoryLogix, or comparable MES/ERP systems.
• Experience with Factory Simulation tools: Siemens, FlexSim, Simio, or equivalent.
• Professional Certifications: PMP, Lean 6-sigma, etc.
• Experience developing capital project proposals or leading factory layout redesigns.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, from technicians to executives.