Industrial Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Mojave, California, United States; onsite position. Travel is estimated at less than 5% as needed.

Base salary: $65,900–$173,000 annually, depending on level and experience.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable hypersonic flight-test systems, including autonomous air-launched Talon-A vehicles, for aerospace and defense customers.

What you will do

• Analyze and optimize production processes across machining, electrical harness fabrication, kitting, integration, testing, and final assembly.
• Develop value-stream maps, process flows, standard work, routing structures, and cycle-time data.
• Monitor takt time, cycle time, lead time, throughput, WIP, queue time, and first-pass yield.
• Build capacity models and production-rate plans covering work centers, shifts, labor skills, equipment, staffing, overtime, cross-training, and outsourcing.
• Plan production-area expansions, relocations, new lines, and equipment installations.
• Support MES, ERP, scheduling, electronic work instructions, manufacturing data collection, and Lean improvement initiatives; partner cross-functionally to resolve operational issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant experience improving shop-floor efficiency, production flow, capacity, labor utilization, and manufacturing cost.
• Experience developing staffing plans, capacity models, capital-equipment justifications, and ROI analyses.
• Practical, hands-on approach to solving production problems on the shop floor.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, medical-device, automotive, electronics, or other regulated or high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting CNC machining or machine-shop operations, electrical harness or cable assembly, electromechanical assembly, production integration, testing, final assembly, or low-to-medium-rate, high-mix, high-reliability manufacturing is strongly preferred.
• Level II: bachelor’s degree and 2–5 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Senior level: bachelor’s degree and 5–10 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Staff level: bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination.

Culture & Benefits

• Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drugs.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into a 401(k), up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Equal opportunity workplace focused on diversity and non-discrimination.
• The position may involve operating company vehicles as part of assigned duties.