Senior Staff Engineer - Operational ExcellenceLocation: Fremont, CA (on-site)
Role Level: Senior Staff Engineer
About the RoleBloom is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Operational Excellence to drive system-level performance across our factory operations. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and strategy-translating complex, dynamic factory conditions into clear priorities, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
You will operate as a senior technical leader, shaping how capacity, layout, flow, and performance come together to deliver results. This is a high-impact role that requires both strategic thinking and deep engagement with on-the-ground reality.
What You'll DoLeadership & Integration- Serve as a senior technical leader across Operational Excellence initiatives, ensuring alignment across engineering and production
- Integrate inputs across capacity, layout, flow, and performance into cohesive, actionable insights
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, elevating technical rigor and problem-solving capability
- Step into leadership responsibilities as needed to maintain continuity and execution
Strategic Steering- Define strategic targets and drive prioritization of key factory initiatives
- Identify major risks, tradeoffs, and critical decision points, ensuring leadership visibility
- Lead cross-functional alignment on factory priorities, balancing competing constraints
Executive Reporting & Communication- Own and deliver a weekly operational excellence summary, including:
- Top risks and mitigation plans
- Key changes, trends, and emerging signals
- Areas requiring leadership attention and decision
- Translate complex operational data into clear narratives for executive audiences
Capacity Management & Planning- Develop and utilize capacity models to support scenario planning and decision-making
- Translate changes in factory conditions into quantified output and performance impact
- Continuously monitor trends, proactively identifying risks and opportunities
Factory Reality Validation- Validate reported performance against on-the-ground conditions to ensure accuracy
- Convert ambiguous or loosely defined factory issues into structured problem statements
- Drive root-cause clarity and ensure issues are framed for effective resolution
What We're Looking For- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, industrial engineering, or related fields
- Demonstrated ability to operate at a systems level across complex production environments
- Strong analytical and modeling skills, particularly in capacity planning and performance optimization
- Proven track record of influencing cross-functional teams and driving alignment without authority
- Excellent communication skills, with experience engaging executive stakeholders
- Ability to translate ambiguity into structured, actionable plans
- Lead initiatives to improve productivity, throughput, labor efficiency, and overall manufacturing performance.
- Develop and maintain capacity models, labor standards, and time-study methodologies.
- Analyze production processes and implement solutions to improve flow, eliminate bottlenecks, and increase resource utilization.
- Develop business cases and recommendations for automation, equipment, process improvements, and capital investments.
- Create performance metrics, dashboards, and analytical tools to drive data-based decision making.
- Support the forecast and timing of production ramps, new product introductions, and manufacturing capacity expansions.
- Establish industrial engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices while mentoring and developing engineers.
- Lead complex cross-functional projects that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience in high-volume or advanced manufacturing environments
- Background in industrial engineering, operations research, or similar disciplines
- Familiarity with factory modeling, simulation, or advanced planning tools
Why BloomAt Bloom, you'll work on mission-critical manufacturing challenges that directly impact performance and scale. You'll collaborate with leaders across engineering and operations while shaping how our factories operate at a system level.
Salary Ranges:$134,500.00 - $193,500.00
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