Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Propulsion & Energetics

The role

You will own the manufacturing and integration processes for high-consequence propulsion and energetic hardware. This includes solid rocket motor integration, thruster installation, fluid systems, and ordnance installation. You will also lead cross-functional initiatives and mentor engineers and technicians.

What you will do

• Own solid rocket motor integration processes including receipt, inspection, handling, mating, alignment, and close-out
• Own divert and attitude control system and thruster installation processes
• Own pressurant and fluid system build and installation including testing and cleanliness control
• Own ordnance installation processes including safe-and-arm handling and hazard controls
• Partner with Explosive Engineering & Operations on hazard classification and manufacturing safety controls
• Author and maintain work instructions, travelers and as-built records
• Drive Design for Manufacturability and Assembly into propulsion and ordnance designs
• Specify and qualify handling equipment, lift fixtures and installation tooling
• Serve as the manufacturing technical interface to Anduril RMS and propulsion partners
• Act as an owner of Anduril's Manufacturing Development Process and mentor engineers and technicians

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 8+ years of manufacturing or integration engineering experience in aerospace, space, defense or another high-reliability industry
• 4+ years hands-on work on propulsion, ordnance or other energetic hardware
• Worked under a formal explosives or energetics safety program
• Hands-on experience in at least two of: solid rocket motor handling and integration; liquid or cold-gas thruster installation; pressurant and fluid system build with proof and leak testing; ordnance i
• Has authored or approved procedures for hazardous operations on flight or comparably high-consequence hardware
• Experience specifying handling and lift equipment for heavy or hazardous articles
• Experience serving as the manufacturing technical interface to a propulsion supplier or an internal motor or thruster producer
• Demonstrated expertise in root cause analysis (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone), PFMEA, corrective and preventive action, and first article inspection
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Willingness to travel up to 25%

Nice to have

• Formal explosives safety certification or qualification — DoD 4145.26, DOT hazardous materials, range safety, or an equivalent service or agency program
• Solid rocket motor production or integration experience on a flight program
• Launch site integration experience, including range safety approval of hazardous procedures
• Working familiarity with the governing standards and regulations — DESR 6055.09, DoD 4145.26, ATF 27 CFR, DOT 49 CFR, OSHA Process Safety Management, MIL-STD-882E system safety, and AS9100
• Cleanroom manufacturing with contamination control for solid and liquid propellant systems

Benefits

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

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company brings the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry.