Senior NPI Engineer, Undersea Systems & Production

Andurilindustries; Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced NPI program manager to own the end-to-end plan for new undersea production programs. You will coordinate engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to ensure a single build date and readiness across gates.

The role requires influencing without authority, shaping processes in a growing function, and delivering evidence-based go/no-go decisions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a technical field related to manufacturing or engineering.
• 5+ years in a manufacturing environment with New Product Introduction or design-to-production experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of product movement from engineering to production against a committed date.
• Strong programme and schedule management skills with cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end NPI plan and readiness schedule for assigned programs.
• Assess production readiness of product engineering and manufacturing baselines.
• Run cross-functional NPI planning forums aligning engineering outputs to production inputs.
• Drive gate and MR readiness with evidence of completed actions.
• Represent Production at Change Control Board and manage production-start readiness.
• Run DFx reviews to surface manufacturability improvements early.
• Publish standardised guidance, checklists, and repeatable NPI processes.
• Own factory-to-factory transfer planning for new sites.

Skills

Programme management

Schedule management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Mechatronic/Industrial/Process Engineering

Tools

PLM systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced NPI program manager to own the end-to-end plan for new undersea production programs. You will coordinate engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to ensure a single build date and readiness across gates.

The role requires influencing without authority, shaping processes in a growing function, and delivering evidence-based go/no-go decisions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment.