Industrial Engineer

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Our autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, delivering critical data that helps customers validate system performance and advance technologies toward deployment. Our team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges and advance capabilities essential to national security.

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Industrial Engineer who will play a key role in supporting manufacturing operations by optimizing processes and improving the efficiency, capacity, quality, and scalability of production operations for our carrier and hypersonic vehicle programs. The ideal candidate will bring strong industrial engineering skills, hands-on experience with aerospace production systems, and a continuous improvement mindset to help drive productivity and quality on the shop floor.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Analyze production processes across machining, electrical harness fabrication, kitting, integration, test, and final assembly.

Develop and maintain value-stream maps, process flow diagrams, standard work, routing structures, and cycle-time data.

Establish and monitor takt time, cycle time, lead time, throughput, work-in-process (WIP), queue time, and first-pass yield.

Conduct capacity modeling to determine production capability by work center, shift, labor skill, machine availability, and demand level.

Develop production-rate plans and provide recommendations for staffing, shifts, overtime, cross-training, outsourcing, and equipment utilization.

Plan product