Manufacturing Engineer - Line Design & Takt

Fluidstack

$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in designing manufacturing lines or major extensions.
  • Proven ability to create accurate takt and capacity models.
  • Strong skills in using simulation or rigorous mathematical methods to identify bottlenecks.
  • Knowledge of ergonomics, presentation, and flow in design for operator usability.
  • Proficiency in data-driven design decision-making.
  • Experience with discrete event simulation and heavy product lines is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design production line layouts, station counts, and takt calculations for module fabrication.
  • Model production capacity, including identifying bottlenecks and buffers.
  • Develop ramp plans detailing how each line progresses from first unit to production rate.
  • Redesign production lines efficiently as products evolve without extensive factory rebuilds.

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency, fostering an inclusive work environment.
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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