Industrial Engineer III: Drive NPI & Lean Manufacturing

April Quest; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

April Quest in Seattle, WA is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer III to lead manufacturing planning and industrialization for advanced composites in aerospace and defense.

You'll translate product and program requirements into safe, repeatable and scalable production systems, partnering with Engineering, Production and Quality to optimize capacity, cost and throughput from NPI through serial production.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in manufacturing or industrial engineering, ideally within composites or aerospace.
• Strong New Product Introduction and industrialization experience.
• Knowledge of DFM/DFA, manufacturing process planning, routings and production documentation.
• Experience specifying and implementing tooling, fixtures, equipment and manufacturing workstations.
• Strong understanding of time studies, cycle times, labor standards, line balancing and capacity planning.
• Experience with PFMEA/DFMEA, control plans, process capability, SPC/MSA and manufacturing risk management.
• Strong Lean/Kaizen and continuous improvement expertise.
• Experience developing capital equipment, automation or robotics business cases.
• Strong CAD/PDM capability using CATIA, SolidWorks or Inventor.
• Composite manufacturing experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrialization and manufacturing planning for new products and programs.
• Support NPI from early product definition through first build, launch, rate validation and serial production.
• Drive DFM/DFA activities and review drawings, CAD models and BOMs from a manufacturing perspective.
• Develop manufacturing process plans, routings, operation sequences and production documentation.
• Define and implement tooling, fixtures, molds, shop aids, gauges, equipment and workstations.
• Conduct time studies and develop cycle times, labor standards, staffing models and line-balancing strategies.
• Support capacity, capability, facility and material-flow planning.
• Lead PFMEA/DFMEA, control plans, manufacturing-readiness reviews and process risk-management activities.
• Drive Lean/Kaizen, value-stream improvement and waste-reduction initiatives.
• Develop business cases for capital equipment, automation and robotics.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, Quality and Operations to improve manufacturing performance.

Skills

NPI & Industrialization

Time studies

Lean/Kaizen

Capacity planning

Line balancing

Cross-functional collaboration

Process optimization

Tools

CATIA

SolidWorks

Inventor

PDM systems

Job description

April Quest in Seattle, WA is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer III to lead manufacturing planning and industrialization for advanced composites in aerospace and defense.

You'll translate product and program requirements into safe, repeatable and scalable production systems, partnering with Engineering, Production and Quality to optimize capacity, cost and throughput from NPI through serial production.