Operations Analyst
$100,170–$137,730 year
On-site · Torrance, California, United States
Job Summary
Hands-on, cross-functional Operations Analyst role bridging manufacturing operations, data, and strategy. Responsible for scoping, conceptualizing, and implementing high-impact tools to systematize production data and drive measurable improvements. Activities include defining a measurement framework to translate raw data into insights on operational efficiency, standardizing inputs/outputs across models, extending and maintaining discrete-event simulations to forecast demand and scalability, prototyping parameterized data models and internal tools (including optimization tools, state machines, dashboards, and simulation models), collaborating with factory operations and engineering to identify tool gaps, connecting factory sensors, MES, ERP, and other systems, driving projects from discovery through ROI justification, performing ad-hoc analyses to inform scheduling and investments, and creating presentations and visual workflows to clearly communicate problems and solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, Operations Research, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Demonstrated experience in data analytics, process improvement, or similar roles
- Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, data pipelines, APIs, light scripting)
- Strong proficiency in SQL and relational data modeling
- Experience in front-end HTML development and web hosting
- Demonstrated ability to perform descriptive and diagnostic analysis, basic statistics, and visualization
- Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing terminology and operational data modeling (cycle time, yield, throughput)
- Demonstrated competency with data visualization tools like Power BI (or related)
- Demonstrated competency with UI/workflow visualization tools (Figma, Illustrator, Visio)
- Strong experience with presentation/organizational tools (Microsoft Suite, Atlassian Suite, Project Management Software, Smartsheet)
- Experience gathering project requirements from stakeholders and taking a project from initial concept to finished product
- Strong presentation and oral skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences for stakeholders internal and external to the organization
- Ability to translate messy and emergent business challenges into structured problem statements
- Focus on detail, iterative design, human centered design, and systems thinking
- Comfortable in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to lean on and implement AI tools into daily workflow
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