MQ-25 Experienced Industrial Engineer
Posted Sep 13, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Walk me through a production system you designed or redesigned, where you had to integrate the product design, the supply base, facilities, equipment, and people all at once.
whether the candidate has really worked at the systems-integration level the job describes, not just optimized one isolated station
Tell me about a time you did a workflow analysis and found a real efficiency or quality problem. What did you measure, and what did you change?
depth of hands-on workflow analysis experience versus theoretical knowledge
Tell me about a time you led a cross functional team through a process change that touched multiple departments, like engineering, quality, and supply chain.
leadership and influence skills in a matrixed environment, which the posting flags as an integrator role
Describe a time your production change recommendation was rejected by leadership or a customer. What did you do next?
resilience and communication skills when technical recommendations meet organizational resistance
Tell me about a time you had to balance safety, ergonomic, or design standard compliance against a push to speed up production.
judgment on compliance versus schedule pressure, relevant given the safety and design standard responsibility listed
Technical
What lean manufacturing tools have you personally applied, and can you give an example where one of them didn't work as expected and you had to adjust your approach?
whether lean experience is genuine and adaptive, not just buzzwords from training
How do you build a model or spreadsheet to track production metrics that leadership will actually use to make decisions, rather than something that gets ignored?
practical data and reporting skills tied to real decision-making, not just tool proficiency
How would you plan the layout of a new work cell for a low-rate, high-complexity build like an unmanned aircraft, where space and tooling access are tight?
plant layout competency specific to defense manufacturing constraints rather than high-volume commercial lines
Describe a project where you had to justify a budget or cost estimate for a process change. How did you build the case?
comfort with the budgeting and operations planning piece of the role, not just technical process work
Situational
Suppose you're asked to develop a capacity plan for a new build rate on the MQ-25 line, but you don't yet have solid historical data. How would you approach it?
ability to build defensible capacity models under uncertainty, common in low-rate or new aircraft programs
If you found a shop load imbalance that was going to blow a delivery date two weeks out, what steps would you take that day?
practical scheduling and problem-solving instincts under time pressure
What would you do in your first ninety days on the MQ-25 program to understand the current production system before recommending changes?
whether the candidate respects existing processes and stakeholders before pushing change, especially important on an established defense program
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