Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Drones

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: []

Lead a manufacturing engineering team for missile products, driving process improvements from prototyping to full-scale production. Collaborate with design, supply chain, and planning to optimize DFx, BOMs, and capacity while reducing costs and ensuring quality. Travel to suppliers and partner sites to source, implement procedures, and scale production with a culture of innovation and accountability.

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Anduril
Anduril
1 year ago

Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Drones

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Job Summary

Lead a manufacturing engineering team for missile products, driving process improvements from prototyping to full-scale production. Collaborate with design, supply chain, and planning to optimize DFx, BOMs, and capacity while reducing costs and ensuring quality. Travel to suppliers and partner sites to source, implement procedures, and scale production with a culture of innovation and accountability.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
  • •Lead a team responsible for delivering on-time completion of development and production units within a product group.
  • •Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
  • •Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
  • •Travel to suppliers and partner sites to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement process procedures as required.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceRetirementLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
  • •5+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
  • •Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
  • •Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • •Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.). Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SMTPCBASolderingMachiningAutomationScripting

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

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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