Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline seeks an Industrial Engineer to design factory layouts, balance lines, and model capacity to scale production reliably. You will link demand, labor, equipment, space, and capital through time studies and standard work, applying data-driven changes on the factory floor.

You will determine bottlenecks, investments in automation or space, and guide improvements in throughput, cost, and lead time while collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring scalable manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field required.
• 2+ years of experience in industrial/manufacturing/operations engineering or similar.
• Strong understanding of production system design, capacity planning, line balancing, takt time, cycle-time analysis, standard work, and manufacturing flow.
• Experience performing time studies and translating observations into labor and capacity models.
• Experience designing or improving manufacturing layouts and material-flow systems.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to turn imperfect production data into clear decisions.
• Experience identifying manufacturing constraints and driving improvements in throughput, productivity, utilization, lead time, or cost.
• Ability to build financial and operational models to support CapEx, automation, make/buy, and capacity decisions.
• Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills; experience with ERP/MES and labor-tracking systems.
• Ability to work on the factory floor and collaborate with technicians, engineers, and supply chain.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to convert analysis into executable plans.
• High ownership to define metrics, develop solutions, and drive implementation.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

factory layout design

capacity planning

line balancing

takt time

time studies

labor models

data analysis

cost optimization

Education

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

Tools

ERP

MES

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Zipline seeks an Industrial Engineer to design factory layouts, balance lines, and model capacity to scale production reliably. You will link demand, labor, equipment, space, and capital through time studies and standard work, applying data-driven changes on the factory floor.

You will determine bottlenecks, investments in automation or space, and guide improvements in throughput, cost, and lead time while collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring scalable manufacturing.