Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Missiles

The role

You will lead a manufacturing engineering team to drive process improvements and support new product development. You will execute manufacturing from prototyping through full-scale production for defense hardware.

What you will do

• Execute manufacturing from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
• Lead a team responsible for delivering development and production units on time.
• Work with design engineers to drive design for manufacturing best practices.
• Act as a manufacturing lead for mechanical fabrication and avionics.
• Own documentation such as MBOMs and work instructions.
• Advise on quality management and business application programs.
• Facilitate make versus buy decisions and coordinate with internal supply chain teams.
• Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams for capacity planning.
• Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop production and test methodologies to enable scaling production.

Required qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, a hard science or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
• Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
• 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 is a plus.
• Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale change management initiatives.
• Harness & PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes.
• Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects.
• Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems.
• Software scripting experience in any language.
• Current active U.S. Secret security clearance

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.