CareerPlan

Operations Engineer

Aviary - SSFFull-time$104k–$170k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10

Core

Connect demand, output, staffing, equipment, and capital investment to design efficient factory systems and scale manufacturing capacity.

Role type

Senior IC manufacturing operations engineer

Builds

Factory capacity, production systems, and operational routines for autonomous drone logistics manufacturing

Domain

Manufacturing engineering / Autonomous drone logistics

Required skills

Industrial engineering, capacity modeling, line balancing, takt time, factory layout design, material flow optimization, bottleneck analysis, KPI development, financial modeling for capital investment

Preferred skills

Lean manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, simulation, SQL, Python, BI tools, ERP/MES platforms, PFMEA, value-stream mapping

Technologies

ERP, MES, SQL, Python, BI tools

Responsibilities

Build capacity and capital-investment scenarios for labor, equipment, and floor space; Identify and resolve bottlenecks to improve throughput and utilization; Define standard work, labor models, and balance station loading; Improve factory layouts and operator movement; Develop factory KPIs and investment cases; Partner with production teams on line architecture and replenishment.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC