Industrialization Engineer - On-Floor Innovator & Automation

Harmattan AI; Austin (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmattan AI seeks an Industrialization Engineer to work hands-on on the shop floor, turning early-stage designs into scalable production processes. You will write work instructions, conduct time studies, and identify bottlenecks, owning improvements from concept to implementation.

You will collaborate with engineers to push manufacturing boundaries, applying lean principles and driving throughput, quality, and automation enhancements across prototypes to high-volume production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field.
• Comfortable working from engineering drawings, assembly schematics, and evolving work instructions.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and their application in a production or pilot environment.
• Adaptable and resourceful with frequent design changes.
• Curious, improvement-driven and ownership-minded.
• Hands-on mindset on the shop floor, not just behind a screen.

Responsibilities

• Be present on the shop floor, develop work instructions, time studies, SOPs, and visual standards.
• Identify improvement opportunities, act on them, and share knowledge to keep the team unblocked.
• Lead manufacturability reviews and resolve design constraints before production; standardize assembly processes.
• Drive time-and-motion analysis to set cycle time targets, track performance, and deliver data-backed improvements with KPI targets.
• Support transition to automated assembly and leverage robotics where applicable.
• Bridge R&D, prototype, and mass production sites, applying lessons across the product line.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Hands-on mindset

Shop floor experience

Process improvement

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

MES/ERP familiarity

Job description

Harmattan AI seeks an Industrialization Engineer to work hands-on on the shop floor, turning early-stage designs into scalable production processes. You will write work instructions, conduct time studies, and identify bottlenecks, owning improvements from concept to implementation.

You will collaborate with engineers to push manufacturing boundaries, applying lean principles and driving throughput, quality, and automation enhancements across prototypes to high-volume production.