Industrial Engineer, Senior
ملخص الوظيفة
Orbitworks is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to lead the industrialization of our satellite products and build the production capability needed to deliver them at scale. Based at our KEZAD facility in Abu Dhabi and reporting to the SVP of Operations youll connect product design assembly and test methods infrastructure equipment workforce capability and material availability into a working industrial solution for a medium-mix medium-to-low-volume production environment.
Youll own the industrialization workstream end-to-end from product assessment and partner transfer through new product introduction (NPI) deployment production readiness ramp-up and handover while personally developing capacity models and industrial solutions and working hands-on on the production floor. This is a strategic hands-on individual-contributor role: youll need strong technical judgment the ability to influence without formal authority and the persistence to see implementation through. As the business grows scope can expand into broader portfolio ownership technical leadership and building out an industrialization team.
- Own the industrialization strategy and integrated delivery plan translating product demand and business objectives into rate targets work packages owners milestones resources budget needs dependencies risks and acceptance criteria.
- Work with Engineering/D2M and AIT to define build sequence work breakdown routings assembly and test flows and manufacturing data needs driving design for manufacture assembly test access and repeatability.
- Build version-controlled capacity models from execution data time studies engineering estimates and partner data and balance cells and workflows to the required production rate.
- Develop layouts workstations material flow buffers WIP policies cleanroom zoning and kitting interfaces comparing fixed-station cellular parallel and flow approaches against product and rate constraints.
- Define and deliver industrial asset work packages for ground support equipment test assets utilities and facility changes driving procurement installation commissioning and handover.
- Lead the industrialization interface with external partners agreeing technical deliverables owners dates and acceptance criteria for product data methods tooling training and test interfaces.
- Lead industrial readiness assessments closing process equipment documentation training supply and infrastructure gaps and securing production-release decisions through Orbitworks readiness and change reviews.
- Lead pilots and support ramp-up on the production floor validating assumptions resolving constraints and demonstrating agreed rate mix quality and resource performance.
- Define rate lead-time WIP capacity labor quality and constraint metrics and drive improvements that produce sustained system-level results.
- Develop investment and resource options lead delivery reviews coach contributors and establish reusable models standards and decision records.
- 712 years in industrial manufacturing or production engineering with an engineering degree or equivalent demonstrated capability.
- Direct hands-on experience in satellite assembly integration test or comparable space hardware production with industrialization responsibility at the system or subsystem level. General aerospace experience alone doesnt meet this requirement.
- A track record of owning an integrated industrialization workstream through deployment ramp-up and acceptance with plans milestones resource or investment decisions recovery actions and measured outcomes to show for it.
- Strong capacity modeling and line balancing skills building auditable models of mixed-product demand process precedence labor skills equipment occupancy calendars variability rework and bottlenecks.
- Production engineering depth: routings work instructions tooling process control work measurement layout material flow WIP and producibility with the ability to translate drawings and test requirements into industrial requirements.
- Experience defining and delivering production or test capability through requirements procurement commissioning acceptance and operational handover.
- Skill in extracting usable technical inputs from external partners tracking assumptions and gaps and following through until the local production solution works.
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional work packages dependencies risks and commitments as an individual contributor without relying on formal line authority. Formal people-management experience is not required.
- Strong spreadsheet and data analysis skills with models that have traceable sources units assumptions and actual-versus-plan checks.
- Understanding of traceability controlled baselines manufacturing/test readiness and change impact in high-reliability hardware.
- Clear technical English concise written communication effective shop-floor engagement willingness to work onsite in Abu Dhabi and the ability to travel to partners as needed.
- Experience ramping a LEO constellation from first units into repeat production.
- Having commissioned a cleanroom production area or major test capability including utilities safety and contamination control.
- Experience phasing new products or upgrades into a shared industrial asset while protecting existing delivery commitments.
- Discrete-event simulation and optimization experience for problems beyond spreadsheet capability.
- Practical experience with MES ERP PLM manufacturing BOM routing and dashboard tools.
- Ability to build labor recurring cost capex and make-versus-buy scenarios with Finance and Supply Chain.
- Applied Lean or Six Sigma experience in complex production environments with measured results (certification alone isnt a differentiator).
- Experience assessing supplier process capacity and supporting local supplier capability development.
- A track record of coaching and raising colleagues capability without relying on formal management authority.
Required Experience:
IC
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