Senior Industrial Engineer
Decatur, Alabama (On site)
Who We Are
Aurex is a mission-focused aerospace and defense company building the next frontier of deterrence. From hypersonics and missile defense to hardened networks and orbital systems, we design, test, and deliver the platforms that turn unproven ideas into battlefield-ready capability.
Born in Huntsville and built for speed, Aurex brings together aerospace veterans, combat-tested operators, and forward-leaning technologists to solve problems that matter - fast. We move from whiteboard to warfighter with precision, clarity, and zero tolerance for fluff.
Job Overview
Help define how a rocket factory scales its capability. Aurex is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to support ULA in Decatur, leading complex analyses and improvements that connect factory capacity, resource decisions and program delivery. Depending on experience, you will lead major improvements across production functions or guide broader factory-system strategies and mentor technical leaders. You will turn deep operational insight into lasting changes in how flight hardware is produced.
ULA’s new Centaur upper stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will be built in Decatur, with about 50% more propellant capacity to support future Artemis missions to the Moon.
The Opportunity
- Lead advanced capacity, throughput and resource analyses using simulation, statistics and engineering economics.
- Develop improvement roadmaps that connect factory layouts, material flow and asset utilization to program needs.
- Guide complex projects, including scope, cost, schedule, risk and implementation across factory functions.
- Mentor engineers, establish consistent analysis methods and guide improvements spanning multiple factory areas.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
- At least 12 years of relevant experience; target 12–16 years, with technical leadership of complex manufacturing improvements. Assignments involving factory-system strategy and technical leadership across functions require at least 16 years of relevant experience; target 16–20 years.
- Advanced industrial engineering, Lean, modeling and analytical skills; ability to turn findings into implemented improvements.
Preferred Qualifications
Aerospace manufacturing; advanced simulation and capacity planning; sustained production improvements; mentoring engineers and communicating tradeoffs to senior stakeholders.
How You Will Be Rewarded
The salary range for this role is $135,000–$230,000 annually. We offer a comprehensive total rewards approach to compensation, providing incentives and benefits that extend far beyond the base salary. Compensation is determined by the candidate’s work experience, education, training, and relevant skills. We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth.
The posted salary range represents Aurex’s good-faith estimate of the anticipated hiring range for this position. The specific salary offered within this range will be determined based on the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, and job-related qualifications.
Location: Decatur, Alabama (On site)
Aurex is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It prohibits discrimination, retaliation, or any type of harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other legally protected status in employment, including in hiring, firing, and recruiting decisions. All applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States for positions at Aurex. There may be limited circumstances in which a law, regulation, executive order, or government contract would require certain citizenship; only in those limited circumstances would Aurex require certain citizenship status to comply with the relevant law, regulation, executive order, or government contract applicable to that position. For all other positions, Aurex does not consider an applicant’s citizenship but only requires that the applicant be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. If a position is one that falls under export control laws and regulations requiring authorization from the U.S. government to access export-controlled items, any hiring is contingent on the applicant passing the export compliance assessment, which is separate from the I-9 process, for that specific position. A background check will be required prior to any hire.
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