Lead Industrial Engineer — Lean Process Excellence

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical is seeking an Industrial Engineer to drive continuous improvement across manufacturing operations. The role will lead projects of moderate to large scope, mentor junior staff, and act as a technical SME with a track record of continuous improvement results.

Your work will include value stream mapping, problem solving, and data-driven analysis to recommend and implement cost-reducing and quality-enhancing changes. Travel is minimal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of progressive Industrial Engineering experience.
• Strong verbal communication and group presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Industrial Engineering projects such as value stream mapping and line/start-up activities.
• Use structured problem solving and data-driven analysis to drive improvements.
• Monitor labor, WIP, and productivity metrics; build business cases for changes.
• Analyze work cell layouts and process flows to improve utilization and efficiency.
• Perform time standards, line balancing, and basic simulation or cost estimation.
• Support large layout changes and communicate findings to management.
• Draft reports or dashboards to support data analysis; create simple analytics as needed.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

Excel

Visio

Tableau

Job description

Intuitive Surgical is seeking an Industrial Engineer to drive continuous improvement across manufacturing operations. The role will lead projects of moderate to large scope, mentor junior staff, and act as a technical SME with a track record of continuous improvement results.

Your work will include value stream mapping, problem solving, and data-driven analysis to recommend and implement cost-reducing and quality-enhancing changes. Travel is minimal.