Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer on the High-Speed Missiles team, you will be at the absolute bleeding edge of aerospace and defense technology.
Your mission is to bridge the gap between cutting-edge physics and high-rate industrial output.
Responsibilities:
- Own the Production Line: Design, commission, and continuously optimize the assembly lines, work cells, and floor layouts for our hypersonic missile programs.
- Bridge Design and Manufacturing: Collaborate intimately with design engineers during the early development phases to drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
- Pioneer Advanced Processes: Develop and scale manufacturing processes for exotic materials, advanced composite structures, thermal protection systems (TPS), and high-performance propulsion integration.
- Design Tooling & Equipment: Architect, procure, and qualify custom assembly tooling, fixtures, and automated assembly equipment to increase throughput and quality.
- Drive From Prototype to Rate: Lead the transition of hardware from first-article prototyping through Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and into mature, high-rate manufacturing.
- Solve Complex Shop-Floor Challenges: Act as the first line of defense for the manufacturing floor, rapidly troubleshooting and resolving complex engineering and production anomalies.
- Author Technical Standards: Create and maintain work instructions, manufacturing bills of materials (MBOMs), routing, and quality documentation.
Requirements:
- Educational Background: B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
- Proven NPI Track Record: Direct, hands-on experience in at least one of the following capacities: owning a clean-sheet design/New Product Introduction (NPI) product from cradle to grave, owning a complex manufacturing process from cradle to grave across multiple products, or owning a high-impact product from cradle to grave across multiple manufacturing processes.
- Extreme Autonomy & Self-Sufficiency: A proven "drop-in" operator with a strong bias for action.
- Early-Stage DFM/DFA: Strong experience collaborating with design engineering in the earliest phases of development to provide aggressive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) feedback.
- Production Infrastructure & Tooling Ownership: Proven ability to build a manufacturing footprint from scratch.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hypersonics Experience: Direct experience working on hypersonic vehicles, scramjets, rocket propulsion, thermal protection systems (TPS), or high-temperature structures/materials.
- Aerospace & Defense Domain Expertise: Experience working on complex aerospace systems, tactical missiles, launch vehicles, satellites, or high-performance automotive platforms.
- High-Rate Scaling: Experience transitioning a highly complex hardware product from low-volume prototyping/LRIP into automated, high-rate manufacturing.
Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.
