Manufacturing Systems Specialist

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

This role is for a Manufacturing Systems Specialist at Anduril, a defense technology company. The primary responsibility is to provide technical support for manufacturing systems (PLM/ERP/MES), including incident response, root cause analysis, and escalation. The role involves bridging production operations and digital manufacturing systems, collaborating with engineers and technicians, and proposing process improvements. It is not an AI/ML development role.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the critical bridge between production operations and digital manufacturing systems (PLM/ERP/MES), identifying and resolving software issues that impact production efficiency.
  2. Monitor intake of reported software problems across multiple manufacturing platforms
  3. Conduct root cause analysis by observing actual manufacturing processes and how they interact with digital systems to identify disconnects between software functionality and production needs.
  4. Evaluate urgency, impact, and scope of reported incidents based on real manufacturing constraints and production schedules.
  5. Escalate to engineering support when required and provide clear operational context to software development about manufacturing realities.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years in technical support, deployment, or system maintenance roles
  • Hands-on expertise debug expertise with integrated enterprise systems, including MES, ERP, PLM
  • Demonstrated ability to multitask competing support demands in fast paced environment
  • Functional understanding of basic manufacturing concepts, processes and terminology; and how they relate to software tools and data objects
  • History of collaborative engagement with software engineers

What the JD emphasized

  • debug expertise with integrated enterprise systems, including MES, ERP, PLM
  • Hands-on expertise debug expertise with integrated enterprise systems, including MES, ERP, PLM