Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
The Manufacturing Team is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to lead the manufacturing engineering across Sentry products , larger-scale, vehicle-integrated ground systems.
As the Lead Manufacturing Engineer for Maneuvers, you will build and lead a team of approximately 4–5 manufacturing engineers responsible for the full manufacturing lifecycle of Sentry's vehicle-based and larger integrated ground systems , from System Requirements Review through prototyping, productionization, rate production, and long-term sustainment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, hire, and develop a team of ~4–5 manufacturing engineers responsible for on-time delivery of development and production units across the Maneuvers portfolio.
- Own the end-to-end manufacturing lifecycle for vehicle-integrated and larger-scale Sentry products , from SRR through prototyping, productionization, rate production, and sustainment.
- Set and execute a portfolio-level manufacturing strategy that flexes between low-rate, high-complexity vehicle integrations and short-integration, high-volume programs.
- Partner with design engineering from earliest concept phases to drive Design for Manufacturability, integration, and serviceability into vehicle-based systems.
- Act as the manufacturing subject matter expert for vehicle-level integration, including mechanical mounting and structures, harnessing and avionics install, powertrain/auxiliary system interfaces, and final assembly and functional checkout.
- Own the documentation stack required to manufacture and sustain vehicle-integrated products at scale.
- Develop differentiated production and test methodologies appropriate to each program's volume profile.
- Establish and lead the sustainment engineering approach for fielded systems.
- Uphold and advise on quality management and business application programs.
- Facilitate make-versus-buy decisions for vehicle platforms, major integrated subsystems, and complex assemblies.
- Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity, work-center, and floor-space planning actions.
- Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives.
- Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the manufacturing engineering team.
- Travel to vehicle OEMs, integration partners, suppliers, and field sites as required.
Requirements:
- Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
- 6+ years in manufacturing engineering or similar hardware production roles.
- Experience delivering large mechanical assemblies, multi-domain integrated systems, or comparably complex integrated hardware.
- Demonstrated direct team leadership experience.
- Proven experience taking a hardware product from prototype through productionization and rate production.
- An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
- Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment.
- Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware.
- Must be a U.S. Person.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct experience in vehicle-based system integration.
- Experience managing a portfolio with mixed production profiles.
- Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations.
- Experience owning sustainment or in-service engineering for fielded hardware.
- Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex, cross-functional programs.
- Skills in cost analysis, cost reduction strategies, should-cost modeling, and managing production budgets.
- Hands-on experience with software & firmware flashing, vehicle-level end-of-line testing, or system-level functional acceptance.
