Role Overview
The Senior Industrial Engineer will lead the development, optimization, and industrialization of additive manufacturing, machining, and post-processing operations. This role is critical in transforming complex, prototype-driven workflows into stable, scalable, and capable production systems.
You will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and EH&S to drive process capability, improve throughput, and ensure safe, cost-effective production of metal additive components. This role will also leverage data analytics and simulation tools to design, validate, and optimize manufacturing systems.
What You'll Do...
- Own and scale manufacturing processes across additive, machining, and post-processing to enable repeatable, high-quality production
- Lead process industrialization efforts, transitioning new products from development into full-rate production
- Drive root cause corrective action (RCCA) for production and quality issues, ensuring sustainable solutions
- Develop and implement process controls, standard work, and work instructions for critical operations (e.g., de-powdering, machining setup, inspection, shipping prep)
- Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical methods (SPC) to improve process capability, yield, and cycle time
- Partner with Quality to define acceptance criteria and inspection strategies for additive components
- Lead data-driven decision making through KPI development, performance tracking, and trend analysis
- Conduct FMEA and risk assessments to proactively mitigate manufacturing risks
- Evaluate and optimize production flow, layout, and material movement within the facility
- Develop and utilize discrete event simulation models (e.g., FlexSim) to evaluate production flow, identify bottlenecks, and support capacity planning and future-state factory design
- Support capacity planning and production scaling efforts
You have...
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related Engineering field
- 5+ years of industrial engineering or manufacturing experience in a relevant industry
- Strong experience in structured problem solving (Six Sigma, RCCA, etc.)
- Demonstrated success implementing process improvements in production environments
- Experience with CAD tools (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issues security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Nice to have...
- Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
- Hands-on experience with metal additive manufacturing (L-PBF, Binder Jet, SLA)
- Experience in post-processing of additive parts (heat treat, machining, finishing, inspection)
- Strong background in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and data analytics
- Experience with discrete event simulation and factory modeling tools (e.g., FlexSim) to support production planning, layout optimization, and throughput analysis
- Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) in a production environment
- Ability to travel (<15%)
Interpersonal Skills