Industrial Engineer, Mechanical Assembly

Location: Torrance, California, United States; onsite role. Must be willing to travel up to 30% and work extended hours or weekends as needed.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage defense systems company developing and delivering advanced hardware capabilities.

What you will do

• Model production capacity and takt time for mechanical assembly lines to guide staffing, equipment, and layout decisions.
• Develop process flow diagrams, value stream maps, and factory layouts that improve material flow and eliminate non-value-added work.
• Conduct time studies and line-balancing analyses to establish standard work and identify bottlenecks.
• Partner with design engineering on DFM/DFA feedback and support product transitions from prototype to high-rate production.
• Build production earned value, OEE, throughput, quality, yield, and cost metrics; use data for root-cause investigations.
• Lead capacity studies and PFMEAs, define process controls and inspection requirements, and support make/buy and automation investment decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or a related field such as manufacturing, mechanical, or systems engineering.
• At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, production, or experimental environment with exposure to process or capacity analysis.
• Experience or knowledge of capacity modeling, line balancing, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, APQP, Control Plans, DFMEA, PFMEA, and Significant/Critical Characteristics.
• Experience building dashboards or lightweight data pipelines using tools such as Excel, SQL, Python, or Tableau.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, cross-functional collaboration abilities, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to lift more than 50 pounds. Access to export-controlled information may require compliance with applicable U.S. Government eligibility, authorization, citizenship, or security-clearance requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with discrete-event simulation, automation, robotics, or flexible manufacturing systems.
• Experience in hardware development and transitions from low-rate to high-rate production.
• Familiarity with Confluence and JIRA.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful equity for full-time employees.
• Four weeks of paid time off and ten company-paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, FSA, and HSA benefits with employer coverage.
• 401(k) plan and paid parental leave.
• Catered meals, stocked kitchen, monthly fitness stipend, and onsite EV charging.