Manufacturing Engineer, Drones

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering

This role is for a Manufacturing Engineer on the Drones team at Anduril, a defense technology company. The engineer will support the transition of products from concept to production, provide sustaining support, drive design for manufacturing best practices, own manufacturing documentation, and collaborate with teams to meet customer demand. The role requires a technical degree, 5+ years of manufacturing experience, and the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance. Experience in building production operations from scratch, harness/PCBA fabrication, or mechanical system design is preferred. The company utilizes AI and computer vision in its products, but this role focuses on the manufacturing process of hardware.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the transition of products from concept to prototype, pilot, and full production with speed, flexibility, scalability, and first-time quality.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing products at scale such as MBOM’s, work instructions, process flows, floor plans, time studies, capacity analysis, etc.
  5. Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.

Skills

Required

  • Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
  • 5+ years in manufacturing or similar position
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

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
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes including sheet metal, machining, and 3D printing
  • Experience in NX/Teamcenter

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance