Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Drones

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

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for their Drones team. The role focuses on bridging the gap between design and high-volume production for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Responsibilities include supporting product transition to production, providing sustaining support, collaborating with design engineers on manufacturability, owning manufacturing documentation, capacity planning, continuous improvement, and supplier travel. The role requires a technical degree, 8+ 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.

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

  • Technical degree (engineering, math, or hard science)
  • 8+ years in manufacturing or similar position
  • World-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication
  • Ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Physical hardware manufacturing experience (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience building successful production operations from scratch
  • Harness & PCBA fabrication experience
  • Proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
  • Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes (sheet metal, machining, 3D printing)
  • Experience in NX/Teamcenter

What the JD emphasized

  • bridge the gap between cutting-edge design and efficient, high-volume production
  • advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
  • future autonomous platforms
  • transition of products from concept to prototype, pilot, and full production
  • real-time problem-solving
  • drive design for manufacturing best practices
  • successfully manufacturing products at scale
  • capacity planning actions
  • meet customer demand
  • continuous improvement initiatives
  • instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability
  • Travel to suppliers and partner sites
  • Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
  • 8+ years in manufacturing or similar position
  • An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance