Industrial Engineer / Ergonomist

Location: Onsite in Romulus, Michigan, United States; five days per week at the assigned GM worksite, with off-shift, overtime, weekend, holiday, and emergency support as needed. The position may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an automotive manufacturer focused on safer, more sustainable, and more equitable mobility.

What you will do

• Implement industrial engineering practices, lean material strategies, standardized work, and problem-solving methods across assigned plant areas.
• Improve material flow, work operations, productivity, capacity, throughput, and total cost while meeting safety, quality, ergonomic, delivery, and efficiency requirements.
• Conduct manpower time studies, motion analysis, standard-time application, part-routing maintenance, and area-layout updates using tools such as AutoCAD, GMOS, and APS.
• Lead and co-administer the plant ergonomics process with UAW partners and serve as the ergonomics subject-matter expert for launches, production trials, and daily operations.
• Perform ergonomic risk analyses, apply GM ergonomics design requirements to jobs and material-handling systems, and develop job modifications with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Track ergonomic issues, injury and illness data, metrics, trends, and corrective actions through closure; provide updates to safety review and joint health and safety committees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Kinesiology, Human Kinetics, or a closely related engineering or ergonomics field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• At least two years of industrial engineering or ergonomics experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Experience conducting time studies, motion analysis, or ergonomic risk assessments.
• Ability to organize, plan, and execute projects while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work onsite and support off-shift, overtime, weekends, holidays, and other plant-operation requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with STDS, APS, GMOS, TED, and other GM ergonomics, production, or manufacturing systems.
• Knowledge of AMR/AGV material-handling systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefits and total rewards are provided from the first day of employment.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging, equal opportunity, and employee well-being.
• Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
• Immigration-related sponsorship is not available, including H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, or other company-supported work authorization.

Hiring process

• Role-related assessments and pre-employment screening may be required where applicable.