Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Ashville, OH · Air Dominance & Strike : Autonomous Airpower Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to rapidly iterate and build cutting-edge defense hardware. This role involves owning the manufacturing value chain, from design for manufacturability and tool design to process creation, vendor sourcing, quality planning, and documentation. The engineer will work with contract manufacturers, technicians, and other engineers, and may contribute to hardware design. Experience with R/C or autonomous flight vehicles, automation, robotics, and advanced manufacturing is preferred. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 10+ years of experience, with eligibility for a U.S. Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for a certain product or set of products
  2. Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts
  3. Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
  4. Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
  5. Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Manufacturing Engineering
  • 10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering
  • Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
  • Knowledge in CAD and production planning tools - ERP, MES, etc.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
  • Experience with automation and robotics
  • Knowledge in composites and advance manufacturing

What the JD emphasized

  • rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware
  • rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware
  • quick-turn development as well as at-scale production