Industrial Engineer - Effectors
$110k/y-$160k/y
CHAOS Industries2 days ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
CHAOS Industries is seeking an Industrial Engineer - Effectors to join their team in Hawthorne, CA. The role involves factory design, production system architecture, and rate-scaling strategy for low-cost interceptor manufacturing.
About the Role
As an Industrial Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing production systems, including facility layout, line design, labor modeling, material flow, capacity planning, and capital deployment strategy. You will ensure that production systems are scalable and cost-efficient, capable of transitioning from pilot builds to sustained high-rate production.
About You
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 5+ years experience in factory design, line design, or production system optimization.
- Demonstrated experience building production rate models.
- Experience conducting time studies and line balancing.
- Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, value stream mapping, capacity planning methodologies, takt and cycle time calculations, and OEE measurement.
- U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain DoD clearance.
Preferred:
- Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or high-rate electromechanical production.
- Experience supporting missile, munitions, UAV, or complex electromechanical assembly environments.
- Experience with factory simulation tools (FlexSim, AnyLogic, Arena, etc.), ERP/MES integration, and digital factory modeling.
- Experience planning greenfield or brownfield production sites.
- Experience with explosive or energetics production environments.
- Background in automation integration and ROI modeling.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company.
- 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more.
- Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code.
- Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses.
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries is a technology company that is building the next generation of defense and critical industry technologies. Applying an engineering-led strategy, CHAOS provides mission-driven, world-class engineers with a platform to build solutions to critical real-world problems. The CHAOS agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world application.
Hawthorne, CA