Industrial Engineer

The role

The Industrial Engineer will support manufacturing operations by optimizing processes and improving efficiency, capacity, quality, and scalability for carrier and hypersonic vehicle programs. This role involves analyzing production processes, developing capacity models, and leading continuous-improvement efforts on the shop floor.

What you will do

• Analyze production processes across machining, electrical harness fabrication, kitting, integration, test, and final assembly.
• Develop and maintain value-stream maps, process flow diagrams, standard work, routing structures, and cycle-time data.
• Establish and monitor takt time, cycle time, lead time, throughput, work-in-process (WIP), queue time, and first-pass yield.
• Conduct capacity modeling to determine production capability.
• Develop production-rate plans and provide recommendations for staffing, shifts, overtime, cross-training, outsourcing, and equipment utilization.
• Plan production area expansions, relocations, new production lines, and equipment installations.
• Support implementation and optimization of MES, ERP, scheduling, electronic work instructions, and manufacturing data-collection systems.
• Lead continuous-improvement efforts using Lean, Kaizen, 5S, visual management, standard work, SMED, Kanban, pull systems, and root-cause analysis.
• Build business cases for production improvements, tooling, automation, equipment purchases, facility changes, and capability expansion.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering, design engineering, quality, supply chain, planning, maintenance, EHS, and program management to resolve operational issues.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Engineering, or a related field.
• Practical, hands-on approach to solving production problems on the shop floor.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, medical-device, automotive, electronics, or other regulated/high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience improving shop-floor efficiency, production flow, capacity, labor utilization, and manufacturing cost.
• Experience developing staffing plans, capacity models, capital-equipment justifications, and ROI analyses.
• Level II: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Sr-level: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and 5-10 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Staff-level: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and 8+ years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to have

• CNC machining or machine shop operations
• Electrical harness, cable assembly, or electromechanical assembly
• Production integration, test, and final assembly
• Low-to-medium-rate, high-mix, or high-reliability manufacturing

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs)
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
• Tuition reimbursement

About the company

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Their team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges.