Industrial Engineer, Senior

The role

Own the industrialization strategy and delivery plan for satellite production, from build sequence and capacity models to layouts, asset work packages and ramp-up. Lead the industrialization interface with external partners and readiness reviews through production release.

What you will do

• Own the industrialization strategy and integrated delivery plan, including rate targets, work packages, owners, milestones, budget and risks.
• Define build sequence, work breakdown, routings, assembly and test flows, and manufacturing data needs with Engineering and AIT.
• Build version-controlled capacity models and balance cells and workflows to the required production rate.
• Develop layouts, workstations, material flow, buffers, WIP policies, cleanroom zoning and kitting interfaces.
• Define and deliver industrial asset work packages for ground support equipment, test assets, utilities and facility changes.
• Lead the industrialization interface with external partners, agreeing deliverables, owners, dates and acceptance criteria.
• Lead industrial readiness assessments and secure production-release decisions through readiness and change reviews.
• Lead pilots and support ramp-up on the production floor.
• Define and drive rate, lead-time, WIP, capacity, labor, quality and constraint metrics.
• Develop investment and resource options, lead delivery reviews, coach contributors and establish reusable standards.

Required qualifications

• 7 to 12 years in industrial, manufacturing or production engineering, with an engineering degree or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Direct, hands-on experience in satellite assembly, integration, test or comparable space hardware production, with industrialization responsibility at system or subsystem level.
• A track record of owning an integrated industrialization workstream through deployment, ramp-up and acceptance.
• Strong capacity modeling and line balancing skills.
• Production engineering depth in routings, work instructions, tooling, process control, work measurement, layout, material flow, WIP and producibility.
• Experience defining and delivering production or test capability through requirements, procurement, commissioning, acceptance and handover.
• Skill in extracting technical inputs from external partners and following through until the local production solution works.
• Ability to manage cross-functional work packages, dependencies, risks and commitments as an individual contributor.
• Strong spreadsheet and data analysis skills with traceable models.
• Understanding of traceability, controlled baselines, manufacturing and test readiness, and change impact in high-reliability hardware.
• Clear technical English, concise written communication, effective shop-floor engagement, willingness to work onsite in Abu Dhabi and to travel to partners.

Nice to have

• Experience ramping a LEO constellation from first units into repeat production.
• Having commissioned a cleanroom, production area or major test capability.
• Experience phasing new products or upgrades into a shared industrial asset.
• Discrete-event simulation and optimization experience.
• Practical experience with MES, ERP, PLM, manufacturing BOM, routing and dashboard tools.
• Ability to build labor, recurring cost, capex and make-versus-buy scenarios.
• Applied Lean or Six Sigma experience in complex production environments, with measured results.
• Experience assessing supplier process capacity and supporting local supplier capability development.
• A track record of coaching colleagues without formal management authority.

Before you apply

• Direct hands-on experience in satellite or comparable space hardware production is required; general aerospace experience alone does not meet this requirement.
• Formal people-management experience is not required.

About the company

Orbitworks aims to make space simple for organizations deploying missions to space, building on Loft Orbital's heritage. It aims to be the first commercial firm in the UAE to mass-manufacture satellites, from a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.