Manufacturing Engineer: Line Design & Capacity Modeling

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 203,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking an experienced manufacturing design engineer in Austin to shape production lines for modular fabrication. You will design layouts, determine takt counts, and model capacity while balancing efficiency and ergonomics for operators.

You will rely on simulation and data to identify bottlenecks, build ramp plans from first unit to steady state, and adapt configurations as the product evolves without costly rebuilds.

Qualifications

• Designed manufacturing lines or major line extensions that are built.
• Takt and capacity models matched reality within noise.
• Used simulation or rigorous math to find the bottleneck before it found you.
• Designed for the operators: ergonomics, presentation, and flow.
• Defended a layout decision with data and changed it when the data said to.

Responsibilities

• Design the production lines: layouts, station counts, and takt math for module fabrication and assembly.
• Model capacity honestly: bottlenecks, buffers, and the real output curve under variation.
• Engineer the ramp plans: how each line gets from first unit to rate, with the constraints named.
• Redesign as the product evolves: new configurations absorbed without rebuilding the factory.

Skills

Manufacturing line design

Takt modeling

Capacity modeling

Simulation

Operator ergonomics

Data-driven decisions

Lean manufacturing

Greenfield factory design

Discrete event simulation

Heavy production lines

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking an experienced manufacturing design engineer in Austin to shape production lines for modular fabrication. You will design layouts, determine takt counts, and model capacity while balancing efficiency and ergonomics for operators.

You will rely on simulation and data to identify bottlenecks, build ramp plans from first unit to steady state, and adapt configurations as the product evolves without costly rebuilds.