2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril
Irvine
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 86,000 - 114,000Function: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Teamwork","Ownership","Accountability","Innovation","Leadership"]

Bridge cutting-edge design and high-volume production for advanced unmanned aerial systems. Provide daily sustaining support across mechanical fitment, electrical/harnessing, and firmware/software issues; partner with design engineers to apply design-for-manufacturing and enable transitions from prototype to rate production. Create work instructions and quality/inspection documentation, develop tooling for structural parts, and analyze manufacturing metrics for cost reduction and capacity growth.

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Anduril
Anduril
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2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Summary

Bridge cutting-edge design and high-volume production for advanced unmanned aerial systems. Provide daily sustaining support across mechanical fitment, electrical/harnessing, and firmware/software issues; partner with design engineers to apply design-for-manufacturing and enable transitions from prototype to rate production. Create work instructions and quality/inspection documentation, develop tooling for structural parts, and analyze manufacturing metrics for cost reduction and capacity growth.
Location: Irvine
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing Engineering
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide daily sustaining support, solving mechanical fitment, electrical/harnessing, and software/firmware issues.
  • •Partner with design engineers to drive design-for-manufacturing and transition design to prototype to rate production.
  • •Collaborate with the broader production team to solve complex issues and meet customer demand.
  • •Write manufacturing documentation at scale (work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements).
  • •Develop tooling solutions and contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical/electrical design, including interconnects and board fabrication/inspection.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 86,000 - 114,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Degree in a technical field such as engineering or manufacturing.
  • •1+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware.
  • •Demonstrated ability to deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment.
  • •Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
  • •Experience physically manufacturing hardware (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.).
Experience:1+ yearsDefense technologyUnmanned aerial systems (UAS)Electromechanical hardwareManufacturingDrones
Education:Bachelor's in engineering or manufacturing
Skills:TeamworkOwnershipAccountabilityInnovationLeadership
Tech Stack:PCBABill of materialsWork instructionsQuality plansInspection requirements

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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