Senior Industrial Engineering Lead — Capacity & Ramp

ENOVIX Corporation; Penang; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

ENOVIX Corporation seeks a Senior Industrial Engineering Manager to lead the IE function at our Penang, Malaysia facility. You will own capacity planning, line balancing, and capital projects while driving Lean manufacturing and productivity improvements.

You will build a high-performing team, develop standards, and partner across functions to ensure ramp readiness and efficient operations as we scale production of advanced Li-ion batteries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field; master’s preferred
• 10+ years in industrial engineering in high-volume manufacturing
• Lean manufacturing knowledge; Lean Six Sigma preferred
• Experience with capacity planning, line balancing, and time studies
• Familiarity with MES/ERP systems and data visualization tools
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration

Responsibilities

• Lead the Industrial Engineering function and build a high-performing team.
• Own capacity planning, scenario modeling, and constraint analysis to meet demand.
• Translate forecasts into equipment, space, labor, and capital needs with clear assumptions.
• Drive capital planning, budgeting, and utilization monitoring.
• Establish time and labour standards and capacity models using data.
• Optimize layouts, material flow, and ergonomics via Lean methods.
• Lead line balancing, bottleneck reduction, and productivity improvements.
• Develop labour plans, shift models, and ramp-up strategies.
• Oversee factory re-layouts and expansion with minimal disruption.
• Support new product introductions and ramp readiness through capacity validation.
• Establish IE dashboards and monitor KPIs with data governance.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Process, Equipment, Facilities, Supply Chain, Finance, HR to achieve KPIs and improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Excel & data visualization

MES/ERP familiarity

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Master’s degree (advantage)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

ENOVIX Corporation seeks a Senior Industrial Engineering Manager to lead the IE function at our Penang, Malaysia facility. You will own capacity planning, line balancing, and capital projects while driving Lean manufacturing and productivity improvements.

You will build a high-performing team, develop standards, and partner across functions to ensure ramp readiness and efficient operations as we scale production of advanced Li-ion batteries.