Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Drones

The role

You will bridge the gap between design and high-volume production for advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems. You will support products from early design through production ramps and own large projects.

What you will do

• Support the transition of products from concept to prototype, pilot, and full production
• Provide daily sustaining support for mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware issues
• Work with design engineers to drive design for manufacturing best practices
• Own documentation including MBOMs, work instructions, process flows, floor plans, time studies, and capacity analysis
• Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams for capacity planning
• Work with the production team to solve complex issues to meet customer demand
• Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives
• Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability
• Travel to suppliers and partner sites for sourcing and production issue resolution

Required qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
• 5+ years in manufacturing or similar position
• An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
• 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

• Work on personal or extracurricular projects
• Experience building successful production operations from scratch
• Harness & PCBA fabrication experience or proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
• Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
• Software scripting experience in any language
• Experience in NX/Teamcenter

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

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

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.