Industrial Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Excellence

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Manufacturing Industrial Engineering Manager for onsite work in Sunnyvale, CA. You will drive medium to large scale process improvements in manufacturing, lead NPI integration, and manage a team to improve throughput, efficiency, and quality.

You will collaborate on capacity planning, SIOP input, and layout design while mentoring staff, coordinating cross-functional teams, and advancing Lean initiatives. Travel is limited.

Qualifications

• BS degree in an engineering discipline (IE, EE, ME).
• Minimum 6+ years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills to interface with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Superior multi-tasking skills with the ability to lead a team to meet concurrent project deadlines.
• Experience with SAP, SAP HANA, Snowflake, and O9; proficient data manipulation/reporting (Tableau, Excel).
• Track record of driving process and cultural change.
• Minimal travel required (0–5%).
• Preferred: 2–3 years managing technical personnel or leading project teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive medium to large scale process improvements within manufacturing.
• Lead manufacturing ramp up and improvements in process, product manufacturability and assembly.
• Manage IE team performance and cross-functional projects from inception to closure.
• Plan and lead industrial engineering projects to improve throughput, efficiency and quality metrics.
• Analyze labor costs and implement cost/benefit improvements.
• Design and layout manufacturing buildings and flow with Operations/Engineering leadership.
• Collaborate with Data Science/Analytics to measure factory performance.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Project Mgmt

Lean manufacturing

Data analysis

Education

B.S. in Engineering (IE/EE/ME)

Tools

SAP

SAP HANA

Snowflake

O9

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Manufacturing Industrial Engineering Manager for onsite work in Sunnyvale, CA. You will drive medium to large scale process improvements in manufacturing, lead NPI integration, and manage a team to improve throughput, efficiency, and quality.

You will collaborate on capacity planning, SIOP input, and layout design while mentoring staff, coordinating cross-functional teams, and advancing Lean initiatives. Travel is limited.