Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Maritime Systems

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Manufacturing : Heavy Metal - Production : Manufacturing Engineering

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for their Maritime Systems team. This role involves owning the manufacturing value chain for defense hardware, developing tooling and processes, working with contract manufacturers, and hands-on building of prototypes. The ideal candidate has a technical degree, 2+ years of manufacturing experience, demonstrated ability to deliver hardware in resource-constrained environments, and hands-on manufacturing experience. Experience with PCBA fabrication and flight vehicles is preferred. The role requires US Person status due to export-controlled data.

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

  • Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
  • 2+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
  • Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning

Nice to have

  • 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
  • Software scripting experience in any language

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data