Senior Industrial Engineer: Lean Factory & Flow Mastery

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plans

Dental Plans

Vision Plan

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

FSA

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401k/Roth 401k

Voluntary Accident Plans

Voluntary Critical Illness Plans

Hospital Indemnity Plan

Job summary

Hyliion in Cedar Park, TX, seeks a Senior Industrial Engineer to measurably improve the KARNO production system. You will own capacity, takt modeling, line balancing, layout, and material flow design across core assembly and power module activities, partnering daily with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Design Engineering on the shop floor.

You will lead value stream mapping, kaizen events, and 5S, and build analytics and ERP-based visibility to drive informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Systems Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of industrial engineering in manufacturing with capacity analysis, line balancing and layout design.
• Experience in low-volume, high-complexity or prototype-to-production environments.
• Hands-on plant layout and workstation design experience with material flow analysis.
• Experience implementing pull systems and material flow on a live floor.
• Regulated hardware experience beneficial (aerospace/defense/medical devices).
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, APICS CPIM, PMP, or ergonomic training beneficial.
• Ability to work on-site in Cedar Park, TX.

Responsibilities

• Capacity and takt modeling across four production areas with measured vs theoretical capacity.
• Line balancing and standard work; own routings and times in ERP for planning and costing.
• Design floor layouts, analyze material flow, and optimize workstation design.
• Design and implement pull systems with kanban sizing and WIP management.
• Lead continual improvement via value stream mapping, kaizen, and changeover reduction.
• Develop reports on throughput, yield, labor efficiency, and cycle time from ERP/shop floor data.
• Model cost per unit and justify capital equipment to improve flow.
• Contribute to Hyliion Production System with standard practices and visual management.
• Model engineering change impacts on flow and capacity before landings.
• Design ergonomic, safe workstations and ensure safe operations on site.

Skills

Capacity modeling

Takt analysis

Line balancing

Standard work

Layout design

Material flow

Pull systems

Continuous improvement

Analytics & ERP data

Cost modeling

CAPEX justification

Ergonomics & safety

On-site collaboration

Power/regulated hardware knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering

Equivalent demonstrated experience

Tools

AutoCAD

NX

Excel

FlexSim

Simul8

AnyLogic

SQL

Python

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Hyliion in Cedar Park, TX, seeks a Senior Industrial Engineer to measurably improve the KARNO production system. You will own capacity, takt modeling, line balancing, layout, and material flow design across core assembly and power module activities, partnering daily with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Design Engineering on the shop floor.

You will lead value stream mapping, kaizen events, and 5S, and build analytics and ERP-based visibility to drive informed decisions.