Senior Industrial Engineer — Scalable eVTOL Factory

Pivotal; Palo Alto (CA); Presencial; USD 126.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

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401k

Descripción de la vacante

Pivotal is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to lead the development and optimization of manufacturing systems for eVTOL aircraft. You will design scalable factory layouts, takt time strategies, and labor plans to support rapid growth from prototype to production.

You will partner with Manufacturing, Facilities, Supply Chain, Design Engineering, and Quality to establish world-class operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure readiness for high-volume production in a startup-like

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on industrial or manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, automotive, defense, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience designing manufacturing floor layouts, production cells, and assembly line workflows.
• Strong takt time analysis, cycle time studies, line balancing, capacity planning.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting manufacturing scale-up from prototype or low-rate production into higher-volume operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; data-driven decisions.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project management capabilities.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and optimize factory floor layouts to support efficient production flow, scalability, safety, and operational readiness.
• Create 3D plant layouts in Dassault Systems 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX).
• Design and implement manufacturing workstations, assembly cells, and material flow strategies for aircraft production and sub-assembly operations.
• Lead line balancing and workstation optimization to improve productivity.
• Partner with Facilities, Manufacturing, and Production teams to support factory expansion, equipment placement, and infrastructure planning.
• Simulate manufacturing flow to identify bottlenecks and improve throughput.
• Support facility planning for prototype, low-rate initial production, and future rate production environments.
• Develop work instructions and standard processes across the manufacturing floor.
• Collaborate with Quality and Safety to meet standards.

Conocimientos

Lean manufacturing

Line balancing

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field

Herramientas

3DEXPERIENCE

ERP systems

PLM systems

Descripción del empleo

Pivotal is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to lead the development and optimization of manufacturing systems for eVTOL aircraft. You will design scalable factory layouts, takt time strategies, and labor plans to support rapid growth from prototype to production.

You will partner with Manufacturing, Facilities, Supply Chain, Design Engineering, and Quality to establish world-class operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure readiness for high-volume production in a startup-like