WPS Industrial Engineer

Keysight Technologies, Inc.•Santa Rosa, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Keysight’s Santa Rosa site is a complex, interconnected operation, with labs and manufacturing areas that depend on reliable Workplace Solutions processes. This senior individual-contributor role applies industrial engineering expertise to identify opportunities to improve those processes and help the business operate safely and without interruption. The role partners with Workplace Solutions, IC Fab, labs, and business teams to understand how work gets done, identify waste, and lead improvements from problem-solving through implementation. It applies Lean methods—including Kaizen, 5S, standard work, and value stream mapping—to create repeatable, sustainable processes responsive to business needs. This is a hands-on opportunity to help establish a new capability at the Santa Rosa site and affect operations across the site. The Industrial Engineer collaborates with IC Fab process owners, fab maintenance teams, and other business partners to align facilities improvements with business processes and production schedules. The role leads Lean and continuous-improvement work, designs processes to reduce risk and improve safety, develops facilities processes and supports space planning, and leads cross-functional improvement initiatives. It also identifies energy and sustainability savings through process improvements. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Facilities Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience, and typically 10–12 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, facilities, or industrial engineering. The role is based at Keysight’s Santa Rosa site. The listed state pay range is $143,050–$238,420; pay ranges vary by region, and most offers are expected to be between the minimum and midpoint of the range. Keysight cannot support visa sponsorship for this position. Non-U.S. person employment is contingent on obtaining any required government authorizations for access to export-controlled items.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Facilities Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
Typically 10–12 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, facilities, or industrial engineering.
Proven success leading Lean assessments and 5S in a manufacturing or process environment, with measurable results.
Working knowledge of error-proofing, FMEA, and root-cause analysis.
Working knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements, including corrective and preventive action and internal audits.
Familiarity with ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and OSHA requirements as they apply to facilities operations.
Experience developing and launching processes, standard operating procedures, and workflows.
Experience leading employees and contractors through influence rather than direct authority.
Strong data skills, including Excel and tools such as Power BI, Minitab, or similar.
Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain the rationale for work to different audiences.
U.S. person status or the ability to obtain any required government authorization for access to export-controlled items; employment for non-U.S. persons is contingent on Keysight obtaining required authorizations.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading Lean projects across 100,000 or more square feet, a full facility, or a comparable production scope.
Experience in a fab, cleanroom, lab, or high-tech manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with Keysight’s product lifecycle and R&D processes, and how facilities support them.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
Experience with CMMS/IWMS tools such as Maximo, SAP PM, Archibus, or similar.
Experience with CAD or layout tools such as AutoCAD, Visio, or similar.
Project management experience.
Experience applying Lean and 5S in a Keysight manufacturing or R&D environment.

Responsibilities

Work with IC Fab process owners, fab maintenance teams, and business partners to understand priorities, pain points, and production schedules.
Align facilities improvements with business processes to protect uptime and support timely delivery.
Coordinate shared processes with fab maintenance, including utility shutdowns, preventive maintenance, changeovers, and equipment onboarding.
Bring fab and facilities teams together for Kaizen events and root-cause investigations, and establish regular touchpoints to review metrics, results, and priorities.
Lead Lean assessments, Kaizen events, value stream mapping, and 5S across facilities processes that support the fab.
Reduce waiting, rework, unnecessary motion, and over-processing in service requests, permitting, and project intake.
Develop standard work for facilities technicians and service teams, including procedures, checklists, and visual management.
Apply A3, PDCA, 5 Why, fishbone analysis, and other root-cause methods to recurring issues such as equipment downtime, utility interruptions, and safety incidents.
Define and track measures such as work order cycle time, preventive maintenance compliance, uptime, response time, and cost per square foot.
Build error-proofing into critical facilities processes, including lockout/tagout, contractor access, utility shutdowns, cleanroom changeovers, and maintenance procedures.
Lead FMEAs for critical fab support systems, such as power, cooling, compressed air, and process utilities, and drive risk-reduction actions.
Use and regularly audit controls such as checklists, interlocks, sensors, color coding, and alarms to prevent errors or detect them early.
Incorporate safety and compliance into process design in partnership with EHS, which owns the site safety program.
Support quality, safety, and environmental management systems through documented procedures, corrective and preventive actions, and internal audits.
Develop, document, and launch facilities processes, including commissioning, onboarding new spaces and equipment, and contractor management.
Conduct time studies, workload analyses, and staffing models for maintenance and service teams.
Build business cases evaluating return on investment, lifecycle costs, and payback.
Improve CMMS/IWMS data quality, preventive maintenance strategy, and reporting.
Support space and layout planning in non-fab areas, considering people and material flow, adjacencies, and ergonomics.
Lead cross-functional groups of employees and contractors through improvement work, and coach facilities staff and contractors in Lean thinking and standard work.
Partner with EHS, IT, Security, Engineering, and vendors to align site priorities.
Help employees understand Workplace Solutions and how its work supports their needs; recognize progress and share results.
Identify energy and sustainability savings through process improvements.