Senior Operations Engineer

Impulse Space

$140K — $175K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or related field
  • Experience in developing and improving manufacturing and operations processes
  • Experience in a software development environment
  • 5+ years of demonstrated operations experience
  • Master's degree in an engineering discipline (preferred)
  • 10+ years of experience in aerospace or related industry (preferred)
  • 7+ years in manufacturing automation experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own factory layouts to harmonize workflow and material movement
  • Create data-collection and visualization tools for manufacturing teams
  • Implement Lean/5S/Kaizen principles to eliminate waste
  • Conduct time studies and suggest process improvements
  • Create personnel-development tools like skills matrices
  • Develop training materials focusing on safety and productivity
  • Optimize manufacturing processes and address key bottlenecks

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • Access to medical, vision & dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
Full Job Description
Senior Operations Engineer

Department: Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $140,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

As a SeniorOperations Engineer at Impulse, you will be responsible for supporting manufacturing operations to streamline processes, improve data collection, own factory layouts, and support business initiatives. This is a technical role in a development-heavy environment, requiring execution on aggressive timelines and rapid iterations.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and own factory layouts for new and existing facilities, helping bring together competing requirements into a harmonious workflow, while considering material movement, build process flows, lifting and rigging solutions, and facilities requirements
  • Develop data-collection and visualization tools for the manufacturing teams. Define and measure key metrics and KPI's across the teams to improve efficiency and quality
  • Deploy Lean/5S/Kaizen principles to eliminate waste and streamline workflows
  • Perform time studies, define inefficiencies, suggest and implement improvements
  • Develop and own personnel-development tools such as skills matrices
  • Develop training materials for employees and managers to address safety, tribal knowledge, quality, and productivity
  • Leverage MRP and ERP systems, and enterprise system teams, to make system enhancements
  • Optimize and accelerate existing manufacturing processes
  • Work with production teams to identify key bottlenecks and pain points, and take initiative to address those bottlenecks
  • Support manufacturing capital projects, including new facility activations, automation efforts and new capability development


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, or related field
  • Demonstrate experience in developing and improving manufacturing and operations processes
  • Experience working in a software development environment
  • 5+ years of demonstrated operations experience


Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Masters' degree in an engineering discipline
  • 10+ years' of demonstrated operations experience within aerospace or related industry working with metallics structures
  • Previous experience working within a start-up
  • 7+ years' of demonstrated experience with manufacturing automation (welding, machining, etc.)


Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

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