Staff Engineer, Industrial

• Lead factory layout development, production line design, and manufacturing system optimization for new and existing production programs.

• Support the planning and execution of greenfield manufacturing facilities, including factory master planning, space allocation, utility requirements, equipment placement, production flow, and long-term capacity planning.

• Develop manufacturing concepts from initial factory planning through production launch, ensuring scalability, flexibility, and operational efficiency.

• Design and optimize material flow, point-of-use storage, supermarkets, kitting strategies, replenishment systems, tugger routes, and warehouse logistics.

• Develop detailed 2D factory layouts and 3D manufacturing models, including equipment placement, utilities, workstations, safety zones, production support infrastructure, and future expansion plans.

• Perform capacity planning, line balancing, takt time analysis, labor planning, buffer sizing, and bottleneck analysis to achieve production targets.

• Conduct time studies, ergonomic assessments, spaghetti diagrams, and workflow analyses to improve productivity and eliminate waste.

• Develop manufacturing standards for material presentation, packaging, FIFO management, visual controls, workstation design, and factory operating standards.

• Lead cross-functional factory design reviews with Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Facilities, Supply Chain, Quality, EHS, and Program Management.

• Utilize discrete-event simulation tools to model production throughput, identify constraints, validate factory designs, and optimize manufacturing strategies before implementation.

• Support facility construction, equipment installation, tape-outs, utility coordination, commissioning, and production readiness activities during factory launches.

• Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives including 5S, visual management, standardized work, continuous improvement, and value stream optimization.

• Develop and maintain factory design standards, launch playbooks, production system guidelines, and manufacturing best practices to support future factory expansions and replication.

Tools & Skills

• AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Revit, Visio, or equivalent CAD/layout software

• Siemens Plant Simulation, FlexSim, AnyLogic, or equivalent discrete-event simulation software

• Time studies, MTM/MOST, work measurement, and labor analysis

• Capacity modeling, line balancing, takt planning, and production system design

• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 5S, Kanban, and Visual Management

• Material flow analysis, warehouse and logistics design

• Factory master planning and facility layout development

• Strong analytical, project management, and cross-functional leadership skills