Industrial Engineer

VIAVI Solutions•Paeonian Springs, VA

3d•$65,800 - $122,200•Onsite

About The Position

This is a broad, hands-on industrial engineering role in a high-mix, low-volume electronics manufacturing environment. This role is open to candidates from recent graduates through several years of experience. We will scope the responsibilities to what you bring, but the breadth is the point: if you want a narrow assignment with a stable product mix, this is not it. If you want to see the entire operation early in your career and be given room to fix what is broken, read on.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
0–5 years of experience in a manufacturing or operations engineering role; new graduates with relevant internship or co-op experience are encouraged to apply
Coursework or working experience in time study, work measurement, process design, and capacity analysis
Familiarity with how an ERP/MRP system drives production planning and shop floor execution
Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel; comfort building your own tools rather than waiting for IT
Ability to communicate credibly with machine operators, technicians, engineers, and executives — often in the same day
Willingness to spend real time on the floor
This position requires access to information subject to U.S. export control regulations (ITAR/EAR). Applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined under those regulations, or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorization.

Nice To Haves

High-mix, low-volume exposure — configured-to-order, engineered-to-order, or job-shop environments
Electronics or electromechanical assembly and test background
Experience in an AS9100, ISO 9001, or ISO 13485 environment
Scripting or data automation experience (Python, SQL, VBA)
Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)
CAD proficiency for layout, fixture design, or tooling

Responsibilities

Develop, document, and maintain work instructions, process documentation, and standard work for new and existing products
Perform time studies, line balancing, and work-content analysis.
Collaborate with engineering to design and improve workstations, fixtures, tooling, and material presentation for ergonomics, throughput, and quality.
Support factory layout and material flow work, including equipment moves and cell reconfigurations.
Support new product introduction as a manufacturing voice — DFM feedback, first-article build support, pilot runs, and transition to production.
Help build and maintain the capacity model: work-center utilization, labor availability, bottleneck identification, and load-versus-capacity over a rolling horizon.
Partner with production planning on constraint analysis, build sequencing, and realistic commit dates.
Model the operational impact of demand changes, staffing scenarios, and shift structures.
Identify bottlenecks and drive corrective action, whether that is tooling, cross-training, layout, or outsourcing.
Build reporting and analysis tools that give production, planning, and leadership actionable visibility into throughput, labor, and schedule performance
Pull and reconcile data from ERP and shop floor sources to answer operational questions quickly and accurately
Turn analysis into recommendations that hold up to scrutiny — show the math, state the assumptions, and quantify the impact
Support testing and rollout of new manufacturing execution capability from the user side
Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action for process-driven defects
Drive lean and continuous improvement activity — kaizen events, 5S, standard work, waste elimination — with measured before-and-after results
Support product cost modeling grounded in actual routing and labor data
Quantify and justify capital requests, automation proposals, and process investments