Early Career Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Santa Ana, CA · Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking an Early Career Manufacturing Engineer to bridge the gap between design and production for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The role involves daily sustaining support, problem-solving, driving design for manufacturing best practices, writing documentation, developing tooling, contributing to hardware design, and analyzing metrics for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has a technical degree, 1+ years of experience in manufacturing or electromechanical hardware design, leadership skills, and hands-on hardware manufacturing experience. Experience building production operations from scratch and harness/PCBA fabrication are preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide daily sustaining support to ensure each product line performs as intended, including real-time problem-solving related to mechanical fitment issues, electrical and harnessing issues, as well as software and firmware issues.
  2. 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.
  3. Work hand in hand with the broader production team to solve complex issues to ensure customer demand is met.
  4. Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
  5. Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts

Skills

Required

  • 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 via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • Genuine interest in manufacturing, thirst for learning, and high degree of ownership

Nice to have

  • Experience building successful production operations from scratch, often working with very little definition
  • Harness & PCBA fabrication experience or proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
  • Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product
  • Interesting work on personal or extracurricular project is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Person status is required