{"id":3166985,"url":"https://alion.io/job/courtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2","title":"Process Improvement Engineer","company":{"id":17582,"name":"Courtyard","domain":"courtyard.io","url":"https://alion.io/company/courtyard","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":78,"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bear, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":90000,"max_usd":170000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":6333},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T13:19:03Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T03:00:18Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"About Courtyard\nCourtyard.io is one of the fastest-growing collectibles startups. From cards to coins, we’re making it faster, easier, and more exciting than ever to discover, collect, and cash out instantly.\nWe’re not just another marketplace. With thrilling pack rips, instant liquidity, and seamless vaulting, Courtyard.io delivers the ultimate collecting experience. Whether you’re investing, trading, or curating your dream collection, we’ve built a platform that’s trusted, simple, and built for speed.\nAnd we’re just getting started. We’re hiring across all functions to push the boundaries of what’s possible in collectibles and digital ownership.\nJob Summary\nWe’re looking for an Process Improvement Engineer to architect and optimize how Courtyard’s vault and logistics network operates at scale. This role owns the design of workflows, facility layouts, labor models, and material flow across receiving, intake, storage, picking, packing, and shipping. You’ll apply engineering methods, data, and systems thinking to increase throughput, reduce cost per unit, improve accuracy, and support rapid expansion across new vault launches.\nYou’ll work closely with Vault Operations, Engineering, and Product to translate operational reality into scalable systems, automation, and infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of physical operations and systems design, ensuring Courtyard can grow volume and categories without growing complexity, cost, or risk.\n**Person must live within a commutable distance of Bear, DE**\nWhat You’ll Do\nEngineer end-to-end workflows across receiving, intake, storage, picking, packing, and shipping to optimize throughput, accuracy, labor efficiency, and space utilization.\nDefine standard operating models and performance benchmarks across vaults.\nDevelop labor standards, capacity models, and staffing plans tied to volume forecasts.\nDesign warehouse and vault layouts, including slotting strategy, workstation design, travel paths, and material flow.\nSupport long-term network planning and new vault design, including throughput modeling and space requirements.\nLead operational design for new facility launches from concept through stabilization.\nEvaluate, model, and implement automation and tooling (scanning workflows, conveyor systems, sortation, robotics, WMS enhancements).\nPartner with Engineering and Product to design operational systems, data models, and tooling that reflect real-world workflows.\nTranslate operational requirements into technical specifications and system design inputs.\nBuild and analyze operational models to identify bottlenecks, constraints, and cost drivers.\nDefine KPIs and instrumentation to measure flow, productivity, quality, and utilization.\nRun experiments and pilots to validate improvements before scaling.\nLead improvement initiatives from design through implementation and adoption\nProduce SOPs, training materials, and engineering documentation to support consistency.\nAct as the technical bridge between operators on the floor and software / product teams.\nWhat You’ll Bring\n5+ years experience in process improvement engineering, industrial engineering, logistics engineering, or similar roles.\nHands-on experience in fulfillment centers, warehouses, or logistics networks.\nStrong foundation in process engineering, workflow design, and operational modeling.\nComfort using data to drive decisions (throughput modeling, capacity planning, cost analysis).\nExperience with warehouse systems, automation, or facility design preferred.\nAbility to operate at both strategic and ground level-designing systems and validating them on the floor.\nStrong cross-functional communication skills with technical and non-technical teams.\nBuilder mentality with comfort operating in ambiguity.\nExperience supporting facility launches, layout design and automation initiatives.\nWhat You’ll Get In Return\nA dynamic and engaging environment focused on fostering real growth and innovation\nOpportunities to create amazing products that our customers truly love and value\nComprehensive health insurance packages with dependent coverage\nCompetitive salary with ample opportunities for career advancement and development\nEnjoy the flexibility of a fully remote work environment\n401(k) plan with a 4% employer match to help you plan for the future\n$100 monthly dogfooding stipend to support trying out our products firsthand\nAccess to employee wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being","description_format":"text","description_chars":4476,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Marketplaces","Collectibles & Trading Cards"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T17:40:25Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":78,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/courtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/courtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T05:30:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8482,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":17582},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=17582"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcourtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcourtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcourtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/courtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcourtyard-process-improvement-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3166985}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"courtyard.io","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3166985},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}