Industrial Engineer Jobs in Massachusetts
Industrial Engineer jobs in Massachusetts are in strong demand, concentrated in advanced manufacturing, defense systems, medical devices, and life sciences, with openings at every level from entry-level process associates through senior operations engineers. The Boston metro, Greater Worcester, and the Route 128 corridor are the most active hiring areas, anchored by employers like Raytheon Technologies, Boston Scientific, and General Electric. Systems engineering, quality and process improvement, and supply chain optimization are the specialties drawing the most consistent interest from Massachusetts employers. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
We are looking for a Lead Industrial Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Quonset, RI. In this role, you will be responsible for leading an industrial engineering team across a portfolio of maritime product lines, driving production operations to achieve KPIs, supporting the development of new production lines and the implementation of new products, developing and deploying industrial engineering best practices, and driving rapid project execution. If you can demonstrate holistic ownership in solving operational challenges with creative solutions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment, while remaining flexible in the face of change and ambiguity and providing data-driven solutions and recommendations, then this role is for you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Owning Strategic Projects
- Own the design and bring up of production lines in the factory, collaborating closely with Facilities, Manufacturing Engineering, Mfg Ops, and Material Flow organizations.
- Partner with manufacturing leadership to assess and solve build plan scenarios and align factory design strategy for future manufacturing sites.
- Lead initiatives across the site to solve ongoing production issues, coordinate re-design and modifications to current lines, and support deployment and harmonization of Industrial Engineering between sites.
Team Leadership and Support
- Effectively lead a team of Industrial Engineers across multiple products or a family of products to setup and optimize production systems.
- Play a key role in the growth of the Industrial Engineering organization by creating and standardizing internal tools and processes, mentoring and training junior team members, and fostering a collaborative and productive environment rooted in accountability.
- Be a trusted subject matter expert for Industrial Engineering fundamentals and tools such as capacity and labor modeling, factory design, simulation, process improvement, and data analytics.
Industrial Engineering
- Produce and maintain capacity models and production ramp plans to define labor planning, capex requirements, workstation design, and throughput gaps.
- Design effective facility layouts and production lines using CAD and simulation which meet process requirements, enable production targets, optimize resource allocation and material flow, and maximize productivity and quality.
- Identify and champion improvements to key causes of high variability or production bottlenecks, driving actions to resolution across disciplines and stakeholders.
- Leverage a data-driven approach to production design and process improvements to improve throughput.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Excellence, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in industrial engineering or similar position.
- Demonstrated ability to scale production in a resource-constrained environment.
- Demonstrated ability to measurably improve production metrics, such as cost, yield, and throughput.
- Deep understanding of the requirements of manufacturing systems, processes, and organizations to enable scalable production.
- Proficiency in Industrial Engineering tools such as CAD (2D & 3D), Excel, Minitab, etc.
- Excellent project management skills and experience leading cross-functional projects.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale initiatives that influence culture, define tools and processes, and improve competencies.
- Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects.
- Exposure to defense, aerospace, or automotive industries.
- Previous experience designing, building out, and commissioning factories (greenfield or brownfield).
- Current active U.S. Secret security clearance
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
- Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.
Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
Data Privacy
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
We are looking for a Lead Industrial Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Quonset, RI. In this role, you will be responsible for leading an industrial engineering team across a portfolio of maritime product lines, driving production operations to achieve KPIs, supporting the development of new production lines and the implementation of new products, developing and deploying industrial engineering best practices, and driving rapid project execution. If you can demonstrate holistic ownership in solving operational challenges with creative solutions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment, while remaining flexible in the face of change and ambiguity and providing data-driven solutions and recommendations, then this role is for you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Owning Strategic Projects
- Own the design and bring up of production lines in the factory, collaborating closely with Facilities, Manufacturing Engineering, Mfg Ops, and Material Flow organizations.
- Partner with manufacturing leadership to assess and solve build plan scenarios and align factory design strategy for future manufacturing sites.
- Lead initiatives across the site to solve ongoing production issues, coordinate re-design and modifications to current lines, and support deployment and harmonization of Industrial Engineering between sites.
Team Leadership and Support
- Effectively lead a team of Industrial Engineers across multiple products or a family of products to setup and optimize production systems.
- Play a key role in the growth of the Industrial Engineering organization by creating and standardizing internal tools and processes, mentoring and training junior team members, and fostering a collaborative and productive environment rooted in accountability.
- Be a trusted subject matter expert for Industrial Engineering fundamentals and tools such as capacity and labor modeling, factory design, simulation, process improvement, and data analytics.
Industrial Engineering
- Produce and maintain capacity models and production ramp plans to define labor planning, capex requirements, workstation design, and throughput gaps.
- Design effective facility layouts and production lines using CAD and simulation which meet process requirements, enable production targets, optimize resource allocation and material flow, and maximize productivity and quality.
- Identify and champion improvements to key causes of high variability or production bottlenecks, driving actions to resolution across disciplines and stakeholders.
- Leverage a data-driven approach to production design and process improvements to improve throughput.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Excellence, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in industrial engineering or similar position.
- Demonstrated ability to scale production in a resource-constrained environment.
- Demonstrated ability to measurably improve production metrics, such as cost, yield, and throughput.
- Deep understanding of the requirements of manufacturing systems, processes, and organizations to enable scalable production.
- Proficiency in Industrial Engineering tools such as CAD (2D & 3D), Excel, Minitab, etc.
- Excellent project management skills and experience leading cross-functional projects.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale initiatives that influence culture, define tools and processes, and improve competencies.
- Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects.
- Exposure to defense, aerospace, or automotive industries.
- Previous experience designing, building out, and commissioning factories (greenfield or brownfield).
- Current active U.S. Secret security clearance
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
- Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.
Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
Data Privacy
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Technology & Software
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
What Massachusetts Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in industrial engineer jobs across Massachusetts.
- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a closely related engineering discipline required
- Experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies preferred
- Proficiency in CAD software and engineering analysis tools such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks
- Familiarity with ERP systems including SAP or Oracle for production planning and scheduling
- Strong data analysis skills using tools like Minitab, Python, or advanced Excel modeling
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams
Industrial Engineer Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a industrial engineer in Massachusetts?
Industrial engineers in Massachusetts are not required to hold a state-issued professional license to work in most private-sector roles, though earning a Professional Engineer license through the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors strengthens career advancement, particularly in consulting or government contracting. The standard path is a bachelor's degree in industrial or manufacturing engineering followed by entry-level roles in operations, process engineering, or quality assurance at Massachusetts manufacturers or defense contractors.
How much do industrial engineers make in Massachusetts?
Industrial engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of about $109,420 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $81,960 for the lowest 10% to over $161,870 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire industrial engineers in Massachusetts?
Employers hiring industrial engineers in Massachusetts right now include Amazon, Anduril, and Cianbro, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Massachusetts's dense concentration of defense, medical device, and life sciences manufacturers means industrial engineers here often work on regulated production environments and complex supply chains.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most industrial engineer jobs?
Boston, Reading, and Worcester have the most industrial engineer openings in Massachusetts. The Boston metro drives the largest share through its concentration of medical device companies, defense contractors, and research institutions, while Worcester and other Route 128 corridor communities contribute heavily through advanced manufacturing and aerospace facilities based in those areas.
Are there remote industrial engineer jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, but they're rare. Industrial engineering work is largely hands-on, requiring presence on production floors, in warehouses, or at manufacturing facilities. About 29% of industrial engineer openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions tend to be focused on data analysis, project coordination, or supply chain planning rather than direct process or facilities work.
How can I get hired as a industrial engineer in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a cooperative education or internship with a Massachusetts manufacturer during your engineering program, since employers like Raytheon, Boston Scientific, and GE Aerospace run structured co-op pipelines that convert regularly to full-time offers. Entry-level titles like manufacturing engineer associate, process improvement analyst, or quality engineer give candidates without deep experience a practical foothold. Pursuing a Lean Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt certification before graduating gives your application a concrete edge with Massachusetts employers in medical devices and defense.
Where can I find and apply to industrial engineer jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to industrial engineer jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the state. Find a role that fits and apply directly from the listing.
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