Zipline
Industrial & Operations Engineer
$104K–$170K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years; relevant experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations engineering, production systems, or a comparable environment.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Owns factory performance and scaling by analyzing production systems and driving changes to capacity, layouts, labor, material flow, equipment, and operating strategies.
What you'll do
- Design and improve factory and line layouts, production flow, and operating strategies.
- Build capacity, labor, and financial models; identify bottlenecks and support scaling and capital-investment decisions.
- Lead continuous-improvement projects and establish factory KPIs and decision tools.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed engineering or related technical field.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in industrial, manufacturing, or operations engineering, production systems, or a comparable environment.
- Experience with time studies, labor and capacity modeling, manufacturing layouts, material flow, and production constraints.
- Strong analytical, spreadsheet, and data-analysis skills; ability to work on the factory floor and drive solutions through implementation.
Nice to have
- Experience scaling electromechanical products from NPI or low-rate production to higher-volume manufacturing.
- Experience with production-system modeling, SQL, Python, BI tools, ERP/MES, Lean, or factory expansions.
Pay
$104,000 - $170,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
Tools
SQL, Python, ERP, MES
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