Staff Industrial Engineer — Factory Design & Lean Excellence

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Equity

Bonus

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Staff Advanced Industrial Engineer to design, optimize, and scale world-class manufacturing systems for aerospace products. You will lead factory layouts, material flow, and production readiness, partnering across Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to deliver scalable facilities.

The role emphasizes greenfield planning, equipment placement, and capacity modeling, ensuring safe, efficient, and flexible production. Prior aerospace/defense experience is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in industrial engineering, factory design, manufacturing systems, or greenfield facility development.
• Experience designing factory layouts and scalable manufacturing systems for complex products.
• Experience supporting greenfield manufacturing projects, facility expansions, or major production line launches.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including machining, composites, electrical assemblies, and final integration.
• Experience supporting production ramp-up, NPI, and manufacturing process development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Aerospace, defense, automotive, or advanced manufacturing industry experience.
• Knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, or other regulated environments.
• Experience with automated material handling systems, robotics, AGVs/AMRs, automated storage systems, or Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with MES, ERP, digital factory technologies, and production simulation software.

Responsibilities

• Lead factory layout development and production system optimization.
• Plan and execute greenfield facilities and master planning.
• Develop concepts from planning to production launch with scalability in mind.
• Design material flow, storage, and warehousing systems.
• Create 2D layouts and 3D models with equipment and safety zones.
• Perform capacity planning, line balancing, takt time analysis.
• Conduct time studies, ergonomics, spaghetti diagrams, and workflow analyses.
• Develop manufacturing standards and visual controls.
• Lead cross-functional design reviews.
• Use discrete-event simulation to model throughput and constraints.
• Support facility construction and production readiness during launches.
• Drive Lean initiatives including 5S and value stream mapping.
• Develop factory design standards and playbooks.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

5S

Kanban

Visual Management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Revit

Visio

Plant Simulation

FlexSim

AnyLogic

MES

ERP systems

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Staff Advanced Industrial Engineer to design, optimize, and scale world-class manufacturing systems for aerospace products. You will lead factory layouts, material flow, and production readiness, partnering across Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to deliver scalable facilities.

The role emphasizes greenfield planning, equipment placement, and capacity modeling, ensuring safe, efficient, and flexible production. Prior aerospace/defense experience is highly valued.