Industrial Engineer - Effectors
$110,000–$160,000 year
On-site · Hawthorne, California, United States
Job Summary
The role focuses on factory design, production system architecture, and rate-scaling strategy for low-cost interceptor manufacturing. Responsibilities include designing end-to-end factory layouts, developing production rate models, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, and driving lean manufacturing implementation. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and at least 5 years of experience in factory and production system optimization, with strong skills in lean principles, value stream mapping, and capacity planning.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 5+ years experience in factory design, line design, or production system optimization.
- Demonstrated experience building production rate models.
- Experience conducting time studies and line balancing.
- Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
- Value stream mapping expertise.
- Capacity planning methodologies experience.
- Takt and cycle time calculations capability.
- OEE measurement experience.
- Experience supporting production ramp or factory build-out.
- U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain DoD clearance.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or high-rate electromechanical production.
- Experience supporting missile, munitions, UAV, or complex electromechanical assembly environments.
- Experience with factory simulation tools (FlexSim, AnyLogic, Arena, etc.).
- ERP/MES integration experience.
- Digital factory modeling experience.
- Experience planning greenfield or brownfield production sites.
- Experience with explosive or energetics production environments.
- Background in automation integration and ROI modeling.
Additional Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain DoD clearance.
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