Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: Manufacturing & Production OperationsExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Cross-functional collaboration","Analytical skills","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Lead a multi-disciplinary manufacturing test engineering team for autonomous aircraft, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions. Own the end-to-end test strategy from board-level PCBA and subsystem integration through full system acceptance, building and deploying production-grade test systems, fixtures, automation, and data acquisition. Partner daily with design, quality, operations, supply chain, and programs to align test capability with development timelines, improve throughput and yield, standardize processes, and support transfers to new production sites.

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Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead a multi-disciplinary manufacturing test engineering team for autonomous aircraft, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions. Own the end-to-end test strategy from board-level PCBA and subsystem integration through full system acceptance, building and deploying production-grade test systems, fixtures, automation, and data acquisition. Partner daily with design, quality, operations, supply chain, and programs to align test capability with development timelines, improve throughput and yield, standardize processes, and support transfers to new production sites.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Manufacturing & Production Operations
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and manage a team of ~16 manufacturing test engineers across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition disciplines, setting goals and developing careers.
  • •Own manufacturing test strategy across AD&S programs from board-level PCBA test through subsystem, integration, and full system acceptance testing.
  • •Drive development and deployment of production test systems, fixtures, and automation to meet throughput, reliability, and quality requirements.
  • •Collaborate daily with design engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and program teams to align test capability with timelines and production schedules.
  • •Establish test standards and documentation, drive test automation for higher coverage and repeatability, and partner with quality for yield and root-cause investigations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
  • •6+ years of experience in test engineering or manufacturing engineering, including at least 2 years in a leadership/management role.
  • •Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team across hardware, software, firmware, and electrical test domains.
  • •Strong technical foundation in production test system design, development, and deployment for electronics and electromechanical products.
  • •Experience with test automation frameworks and test executive software (LabVIEW, TestStand, Python-based or similar) plus data acquisition systems.
Experience:6+ yearsDefenseAerospaceManufacturing engineeringProduction testing
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCross-functional collaborationAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:LabVIEWTestStandPythonData acquisitionJTAGBoundary scanIn-circuit test (ICT)

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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