Industrial Engineer: Lean & Throughput Innovator

Broadcom, Inc.; Breinigsville (PA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plans

Vision plans

401(K) with company match

ESPP

EAP

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Vacation time

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to optimize manufacturing workflows at our Breinigsville, PA fab, addressing rising volumes and complexity.

You will lead lean initiatives, perform time studies, build capacity models, and develop real-time dashboards to improve throughput and predictability across high-volume production lines. The role requires strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Mechanical Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience applying Lean manufacturing, 5S, Kanban in high-volume manufacturing.
• Proficiency with dashboards and capacity models using JMP, Tableau, SQL, Python, Excel, PowerBI.
• Knowledge of cleanroom operations and semiconductor wafer fab processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct operations analysis, time studies to identify bottlenecks and standardize cycle times.
• Lead Lean manufacturing initiatives, 5S, Kaizen, and Kanban to reduce waste.
• Increase predictability for production outs and line throughput amid rising volumes.
• Generate, maintain capacity models and discrete-event simulations to forecast tool utilization and cycle times.
• Design and deploy trigger charts, dashboards, and run/wait/hold metrics for real-time feedback.
• Integrate data from SECS/GEM equipment interfaces, MES, and databases to analyze throughput.
• Collaborate with production supervisors and fab management from project inception through maturity.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Kanban

5S

Time Studies

Operations Analysis

Capacity Modeling

Trigger Charts

Data Analytics

Run/WIth/Ho ld

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

JMP

Tableau

SQL

Python

Excel

PowerBI

Job description

Broadcom is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to optimize manufacturing workflows at our Breinigsville, PA fab, addressing rising volumes and complexity.

You will lead lean initiatives, perform time studies, build capacity models, and develop real-time dashboards to improve throughput and predictability across high-volume production lines. The role requires strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration.