Manufacturing Operations Engineer – Capacity & Flow

flyzipline; South San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 104.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Restaurant perks

Zusammenfassung

Zipline in South San Francisco, CA, is seeking an Operations Engineer in Manufacturing Engineering to connect demand, output, staffing, and capital investment on the factory floor. You will turn production goals into practical plans, remove bottlenecks, and establish routines that sustain throughput and cost improvements.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, and Material Planning to design end-to-end systems, improve layouts, and define KPIs and investment cases for

Qualifikationen

• A bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
• 3+ years in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations engineering, production systems, or a comparable environment.
• Experience with time studies, labor and capacity models, line balancing, takt time, standard work, factory layouts, and material flow.
• A record of identifying manufacturing constraints and improving throughput, productivity, utilization, lead time, or cost.
• Strong spreadsheet and analytical skills, including work with ERP, MES, labor-tracking, and production data.
• Ability to build operational and financial models for capital investment, automation, make-versus-buy, and factory scaling.
• A hands-on approach, clear communication, and ownership of improvements from ambiguous problem through implementation

Aufgaben

• Build capacity and capital-investment scenarios for labor, equipment, tooling, shifts, floor space, and future demand.
• Identify current and future bottlenecks and implement improvements in throughput, utilization, cycle time, labor efficiency, and cost.
• Lead time studies, define standard work and labor models, and balance station loading against takt time.
• Own factory performance and production-system design, connecting individual processes into an efficient end-to-end system.
• Improve factory layouts, workstations, operator movement, and material presentation.
• Define WIP, buffer, queue, and rework strategies that protect output while reducing inventory and lead time.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, and Material Planning on line architecture, lineside availability, and replenishment.
• Develop factory KPIs, decision tools, make-versus-buy analyses, and investment cases; carry improvements through implementation.

Kenntnisse

Industrial engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Operations research

Line balancing

Takt time

Automation planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Dashboards

Jobbeschreibung

Zipline in South San Francisco, CA, is seeking an Operations Engineer in Manufacturing Engineering to connect demand, output, staffing, and capital investment on the factory floor. You will turn production goals into practical plans, remove bottlenecks, and establish routines that sustain throughput and cost improvements.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, and Material Planning to design end-to-end systems, improve layouts, and define KPIs and investment cases for