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Manager, Industrial Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead industrial engineering team to design, scale, and optimize manufacturing operations for defense hardware, ensuring quality, speed, and asset utilization from prototyping to full-scale production.

Role type

Manager, Industrial Engineering

Builds

Defense hardware manufacturing facilities, production lines, and scaling plans for static equipment, ground vehicles, sensors, and flight systems.

Domain

Defense technology / Advanced Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Industrial engineering management, manufacturing line design, capacity planning, CapEx planning, cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, data-driven process optimization, safety compliance, team leadership, project management, analytical problem-solving

Preferred skills

Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Discrete Event Simulation, value chain ownership, data analytics and visualization

Technologies

Discrete Event Simulation software

Responsibilities

Lead the industrial engineering team in setting goals and evaluating performance; develop strategic concepts for new manufacturing facilities; guide design of production lines and work station layouts; drive continuous improvement initiatives for cost and throughput; collaborate with stakeholders to resolve bottlenecks; ensure compliance with safety and quality standards; produce capacity plans and staffing allocations; establish training and documentation programs.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership

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