Manufacturing Engineer - Line Design & Takt

Fluidstack

$80K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in manufacturing line design or major extensions
  • Proven ability to create accurate takt and capacity models
  • Expertise in identifying bottlenecks using simulation or complex analysis
  • Focus on ergonomics and workflow in design practices
  • Strong data-driven decision-making abilities
  • Experience with discrete event simulation is a plus
  • Background in lean manufacturing and TPS is beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Design production line layouts, including station counts and takt calculations
  • Model real capacity by identifying bottlenecks and buffers
  • Create ramp-up plans from initial units to full-rate production
  • Adapt designs as products evolve without extensive factory rework
  • Analyze and validate design decisions with concrete data

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency
  • Opportunity for career growth and advancement
  • Flexibility to explore roles that suit exceptional candidates beyond traditional qualifications
  • Supportive environment that encourages innovation and change
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Design the production lines: layouts, station counts, and takt math for module fabrication and assembly.
  • Model capacity honestly: bottlenecks, buffers, and the real output curve under variation.
  • Engineer the ramp plans: how each line gets from first unit to rate, with the constraints named.
  • Redesign as the product evolves: new configurations absorbed without rebuilding the factory.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've designed manufacturing lines or major line extensions that got built.
  • Your takt and capacity models matched reality within noise.
  • You've used simulation or rigorous math to find the bottleneck before it found you.
  • You design for the operators: ergonomics, presentation, and flow.
  • You defend a layout decision with data and change it when the data says to.
  • Bonus: Discrete event simulation. Heavy product lines. Greenfield factory design. Lean and TPS grounding.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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