Industrial Engineering Lead

About the Role

We are looking for an Industrial Engineering Lead to join the Stitch Fix Industrial Engineering Team. In this role, you'll be responsible for onsite process improvement and cost savings initiatives within our warehouses. Reporting to the Director of Industrial Engineering, the Industrial Engineering Lead will work closely with other team members and cross-functional operational partners in our warehouses located across the country.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new technologies, processes, and equipment that will enable our warehouses to support business growth.
• Manage large cross-functional projects from ideation to implementation.
• Create and update engineering labor standards within our labor management system.
• Conduct economic evaluations of ideas and technologies, write business cases to justify projects, and track results to demonstrate success.
• Design layouts for facilities, equipment, inventory storage, workspaces, and material flows.
• Create technical specifications defining equipment and facility standards, as well as warehouse automation concepts. Write procurement documents such as scopes of work, performance requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Support maintenance with automated equipment downtime resolution.
• Conduct inventory capacity forecasting and related capital investment planning.
• Lead the implementation of lean warehousing programs (e.g., waste elimination, 5S, value analysis, standard work, pull systems, theory of constraints).
• Use AI tools to analyze/summarize data, conduct root cause analysis, improve team efficiency, and perform technical research.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience, primarily with implementing automated systems.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to warehouse fulfillment environments.
• Six Sigma certification.
• Proficiency in Minitab.
• Proficiency with Takt LMS and Softeon WMS.
• Experience with discrete-event simulation software (e.g., FlexSim).