Industrial Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing

Overview

Rogue Fitness is a vertically integrated, technology-powered manufacturer. We don’t just build world-class strength equipment—we engineer the systems that design, schedule, fabricate, track, and deliver it.

We’re hiring an industrial engineer to lead the development and implementation of manufacturing technology projects that drive our manufacturing and warehouse operations. You will utilize your manufacturing expertise—material flow, routings/BOMs, scheduling, cell design, and inventory control—to design, improve, and maintain the systems that run the plant (ERP/MRP, MES, WMS, custom applications and dashboards).

You’ll work hands-on with welding, machining, forming, sewing, laser, and assembly teams, partnering with software developers, manufacturing engineering, and operations to deliver changes that cut cost, improve flow, and raise quality. You will own requirements, scope, and delivery for shop-floor tools: run pilots, manage cutovers, train users, and track results against KPIs.

The Industrial Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing is a fully onsite role in Columbus, Ohio. Remote work is not available.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Responsibilities

Translate operational needs into actionable technical requirements

Act as the manufacturing subject matter expert during the Software Development Lifecycle—shaping scope, validating designs on the floor, running pilots, and managing cutover

Partner with stakeholders from manufacturing engineering, operations and business leadership to identify problems and translate them into clear system requirements

Identify, measure, and improve key operational metrics through technology solutions

Collaborate with stakeholders to define success metrics tied to productivity, labor efficiency, and scheduling

Deliver tools that impact KPIs such as:

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Labor Utilization Rate

Planned vs. Actual Output

Inventory Accuracy

Material Handling Pick Accuracy / Throughput

Use performance data to validate outcomes and guide future iterations

Evaluate and guide decisions for improvements to current manufacturing technology

Identify opportunities to improve workflow, visibility, and data flow

Recommend tools and platforms that align with long-term operational goals

Support interoperability between ERP, WMS, MES, and other systems

Enable adoption and long-term usability

Develop process documentation, training materials, and change support

Gather user feedback and iterate on features to improve usability and performance

Leverage AI toolsets to improve efficiency in product development workflows

Apply generative AI and automation platforms to accelerate requirement definition, documentation, and testing artifact creation

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant operations-focused field, such as:

Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

3+ years in discrete manufacturing with direct shop-floor exposure in areas such as: laser cutting, forming, welding, CNC machining and assembly

ERP/MRP experience (can work with items, BOMs/routings, work centers, scheduling and inventory transactions)

Proven impact on KPIs such as OEE, first-pass yield, on-time completion, WIP turns, or inventory accuracy

Experience translating operational needs into clear, implementable project requirements

Effective communication and decision-making skills across both technical and business teams

Preferred Qualifications

Data competence: advanced Excel/Sheets; basic SQL (read/write simple queries); can pull/use CSVs and build simple KPI views

Six Sigma Green Belt or similar continuous-improvement training

Basic equipment connectivity/data collection (e.g., machine counters, OPC UA/MQTT gateways, Ignition/Tulip, label printers/scanners)

Understanding of Agile software development practices and product lifecycle management

Why Rogue?

You’ll work at the interface of manufacturing technology and steel, impacting everything from job flow to machine uptime

You’ll own your systems, your decisions, and your outcomes

Your work here will help power the most efficient strength equipment factory in the world.

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