Engineer the Future of Space Operations – Industrial Engineer Opportunity at Kennedy Space Center

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aerospace industry to hire a skilled Industrial Engineer for a 6-month full-time consulting assignment at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If you’re ready to apply advanced industrial engineering principles to large-scale aerospace systems and directly impact mission-critical operations, this is your launchpad.

Your Impact

As an Industrial Engineer, you will drive measurable improvements in manufacturing, engineering, and service operations. Through data-driven analysis, Lean methodologies, and advanced modeling tools, you’ll enhance schedule performance, reduce costs, and improve product quality—supporting complex systems integration in one of the most iconic aerospace environments in the world.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this hands-on, high-visibility role, you will:

• Apply advanced industrial engineering concepts, analysis, and decision tools to optimize operations

• Conduct time studies and core IE tasks to improve productivity and throughput

• Develop and manage models, databases, and spreadsheets for statistical and operational analysis

• Provide summary metrics and performance insights to leadership, departments, and suppliers

• Support product and process design teams throughout the product lifecycle

• Lead Lean initiatives to enhance schedule performance, cost efficiency, and quality

• Perform risk analysis using project management tools (WBS, precedence networks, resource allocation)

• Manage project scope, cost, timing, and budget compliance independently

• Utilize mathematical modeling, simulation, and statistical methods to design optimal processes

• Analyze and design value streams, capacity planning, supplier performance, workflow logistics, and critical path schedules

• Build forecasts, recovery plans, burndown reporting, and war room analytics

Schedule & Compensation

• Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL

• Schedule: Monday–Friday

• Shifts Available:

  • 1st Shift: 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM

  • 2nd Shift: 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    (Must be flexible to work either shift)

• Pay Range Starting at : $51.78  per hour

• Job Type: Full-Time Consultant (6-Month Assignment)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or related technical field

  • ABET accreditation preferred (not required)

• Typically 5+ years of related experience (or equivalent combination of advanced education and experience)

• Advanced proficiency in:

  • Excel (data analysis, reporting, automation tools, dashboards)

  • MS Project

  • MES systems

• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills

• Experience with scheduling, forecasting, PNET, critical path, and recovery planning

• Demonstrated expertise in data analysis and industrial engineering methodologies
  
  This position requires use of information or access to facilities subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These regulations may limit access of controlled technologies: 1) to U.S. Persons, including U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other narrow categories including refugees and asylees, or 2) to certain foreign nationals that have received an export license.                                               
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Aurora systems

• Experience with CREO

• Background in large-scale systems integration or aerospace manufacturing environments

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial, we connect highly skilled professionals with industry-leading innovators shaping the future of aerospace. When you join this team, you’ll gain:

• Competitive pay aligned with advanced technical expertise

• Exposure to mission-critical aerospace programs

• A collaborative, high-performance engineering culture

• Opportunities to expand your Lean, operations research, and project leadership capabilities

• The chance to work onsite at one of the most recognized space exploration facilities in the world

This is more than a contract—it’s an opportunity to apply your expertise where precision, innovation, and performance truly matter.

Ready to Launch Your Next Career Move?

If you are a data-driven Industrial Engineer ready to optimize complex systems and drive operational excellence, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and help engineer the future of aerospace innovation.

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