Industrial Engineer: Factory Design & Scaling

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 104.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Zipline is seeking an Industrial Engineer to design and optimize factory layouts, line balancing, and capacity models for scalable production. You will connect demand, labor, and capital through time studies and standard work, delivering actionable improvements on the factory floor.

Responsibilities include building capacity scenarios, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with Manufacturing, Production, and Supply Chain to drive end-to-end efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations engineering, production systems, or a comparable environment.
• Strong understanding of production system design, capacity planning, line balancing, takt time, cycle-time analysis, standard work, and manufacturing flow.
• Demonstrated experience performing time studies and translating observations into labor and capacity models.
• Experience designing or improving manufacturing layouts and material-flow systems.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn imperfect production data into clear engineering and business decisions.

Aufgaben

• Own factory performance and production-system design, connecting individual processes into an efficient end-to-end system.
• Improve factory layouts, workstations, operator movement, and material presentation.
• Lead time studies, define standard work and labor models, and balance station loading against takt time.
• Build capacity and capital-investment scenarios for labor, equipment, tooling, shifts, floor space, and future demand.
• Identify current and future bottlenecks and implement improvements in throughput, utilization, cycle time, labor efficiency, and cost.
• Define WIP, buffer, queue, and rework strategies that protect output while reducing inventory and lead time.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, and Material Planning on line architecture, lineside availability, and replenishment.
• Develop factory KPIs, decision tools, make-versus-buy analyses, and investment cases; carry improvements through implementation.

Kenntnisse

Industrial Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Operations Research

Line Balancing

Takt Time

Time Studies

Facility Layout

Data Analysis

SQL

Python

ERP/MES

Communication

Ownership

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in IE/ME/OR or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

BI Tools

ERP/MES

Jobbeschreibung

Zipline is seeking an Industrial Engineer to design and optimize factory layouts, line balancing, and capacity models for scalable production. You will connect demand, labor, and capital through time studies and standard work, delivering actionable improvements on the factory floor.

Responsibilities include building capacity scenarios, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with Manufacturing, Production, and Supply Chain to drive end-to-end efficiency and cost effectiveness.