Manufacturing Engineer, Missiles

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

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for its Missiles division. The role involves shaping manufacturing design, ensuring production quality, and supporting new product development across the entire manufacturing value chain. Responsibilities include design for manufacturability, tool selection, process optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, and documentation for hardware production. The role requires a technical degree, 5+ years of manufacturing experience, and the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
  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. Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
  4. Advise on quality management and business application programs as they pertain to manufacturing within your area.
  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 prototyping 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

  • Harness & PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes
  • Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
  • Current active U.S. Secret security clearance

What the JD emphasized

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