Senior Manager, Manufacturing Safety Engineering

The role

You will build and lead the Manufacturing Safety Engineering team to scale safety as an engineering discipline. You will define risk-assessment frameworks and drive adoption of safety practices across manufacturing sites.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop the Manufacturing Safety Engineering team
• Establish and standardize the manufacturing-safety framework
• Grow the manufacturing-safety discipline across Anduril
• Define and communicate the discipline vision, goals, roadmap, and operating model
• Own manufacturing-safety metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting
• Manage resource allocation, capacity planning, budget, tooling, and external partnerships
• Serve as the senior technical authority and final risk-acceptance escalation point
• Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments
• Review manufacturing work instructions and supporting training material
• Engineer and review production equipment and support proof-load testing

Required qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Safety Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing/machine safety, equipment/controls engineering, or a related discipline
• At least 3 years in a leadership role
• Proven track record building, scaling, and managing technical teams and establishing engineering processes or disciplines
• Deep expertise in formal machine and task-based risk assessment and machine safeguarding
• Strong working knowledge of applicable OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements
• Experience partnering with EHS, manufacturing, and design organizations
• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance hands-on technical authority with organizational leadership
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Eligibility to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• Familiarity with machine safety standards such as ISO 12100, ISO 13849, and ANSI B11
• M.S. Degree in an engineering discipline
• Professional safety or machinery-safety certification (CSP, CMSE)
• 12+ years of experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role
• Experience managing teams and programs across multiple manufacturing sites
• Track record of developing talent and promoting team members
• Experience in high-rate or rapidly scaling aerospace, defense, or automotive manufacturing
• Executive-level communications, reporting, and roadmap presentation experience
• Active U.S. security clearance

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Eligibility to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance, as required
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

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's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.