Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer, Composites

Texas – Relocation Assistance Provided

The Company

Our client’s mission is an end-to-end responsive space company on a mission to make space accessible—launching, landing, and operating anywhere, anytime. With small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles, we support the full lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. By leveraging advanced carbon composite structures, proprietary propulsion technologies, and shared components across our fleet, we accelerate innovation, enhance reliability, and deliver payloads more affordably.

The Job

Our client is seeking an Industrial Engineer to become part of the Composites & Structures Production team. In this role you will have the opportunity to apply Industrial Engineering concepts to develop operating plans, conduct capacity and constraint-based analysis, develop and refine precedence networks, and conduct overall process effectiveness studies. You will also have opportunities to develop, implement, and improve processes focused on lowering costs and improving schedule performance and quality. Candidates must be able to operate within a fast-paced environment, collaborate with a multi-functional team, and coordinate with various departments.

Functions

Model, analyze, design, and optimize production systems to enhance operational efficiency and improve quality using lean / industrial engineering tools & concepts (value stream mapping, capacity analysis, work flow design & precedence network)

Prepare operations plans and precedence networks in support of execution planning, scheduling, and shop load practices

Perform capacity analysis including “what-if” scenarios to in support of operations plans

Develop models, databases and spreadsheets to analyze data and provide analysis and metrics for consultation to factory execution team

Use engineering methods to support the development of optimal process designs and efficient utilization of resources in the creation and validation of operating plans

In coordination with the manufacturing engineering & continuous improvement functions, recommend processes improvements to enhance schedule performance, lower cost, and improve safety, quality and ergonomics, utilizing Lean and other Industrial Engineering concepts

Team with technicians, design engineering, manufacturing engineering, factory leadership, and other departments to gather data for process improvements

Develop and apply time and motion studies to optimize labor utilization and reduce production cycle time

Update durations and days required to build based on time studies and variance analysis in the Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering and 5+ years of experience as an Industrial Engineer

Expertise in capacity planning, and optimizing factory operations

Experience analyzing complex production systems and using data analysis and or lean manufacturing principles to identify and remove road blocks

Preferred Skills

Composites manufacturing experience

Experience working closely with manufacturing assembly line technicians – helping support their efforts

Familiarity with Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Planning, engineering drawings and specifications, and lean concepts (certifications preferred)

Strong positive attitude, urgency, and ability to meet role requirements, with excellent interpersonal, leadership, and attention to detail skills

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status