Manufacturing Systems Lead: Capacity & Program Excellence

BlueHalo; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 112,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Systems Engineering/Program Lead to provide technical leadership across multiple programs, focusing on factory value-stream analysis, capacity modeling, EVMS, and CAM activities. The role supports capacity expansion and long-term production scaling in a high-technology environment.

The candidate will translate manufacturing data into actionable plans to improve throughput, cost, quality, and schedule performance, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with capacity analysis, modeling, planning, value-stream mapping, and factory performance analysis.
• Experience with EVMS, program planning, cost/schedule performance management, and CAM responsibilities, including control account planning and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for manufacturing engineering systems, factory capacity, and related initiatives across multiple programs.
• Develop and maintain value-stream and capacity models to evaluate material and process flow, throughput, cycle time, bottlenecks, capacity requirements, and factory performance.
• Lead capacity expansion and factory planning efforts, including evaluation of equipment, tooling, facilities, staffing, process capability, production flow, and resource requirements.
• Support EVMS, IMS, budgets, performance metrics, and cost/schedule integration in partnership with Program Management and CAMs.
• Serve as a CAM or provide CAM support, including control account planning, estimates, schedules, and performance assessments.
• Analyze manufacturing data and develop recommendations to improve throughput, capacity utilization, cost, quality, productivity, and schedule performance.
• Partner with cross-functional organizations to resolve manufacturing constraints, execution issues, and program risks.
• Develop manufacturing strategies and implementation plans for program ramp-up, production scaling, and long-term capacity expansion.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing metrics, dashboards, and performance indicators to support data-driven decision‑making.
• Lead or support Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and other continuous improvement initiatives.
• Present manufacturing performance, capacity, risks, investment recommendations, and status updates to program and functional leadership.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

EVMS & CAM processes

MES/ERP Systems

Excel

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Systems Engineering/Program Lead to provide technical leadership across multiple programs, focusing on factory value-stream analysis, capacity modeling, EVMS, and CAM activities. The role supports capacity expansion and long-term production scaling in a high-technology environment.

The candidate will translate manufacturing data into actionable plans to improve throughput, cost, quality, and schedule performance, collaborating with