Senior NPI & Production Readiness Engineer

Anduril-1; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Sydney seeks an experienced NPI Program Manager to lead the transition of new designs to production across multi-site platforms.

You will own end-to-end NPI plans, align engineering, supply chain and production, drive readiness gates, and standardize processes to enable day‑1 transfer. You will thrive in a resource‑constrained, fast‑paced environment where the process is still being defined.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronic, Industrial or Process Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including direct involvement in New Product Introduction or design‑to‑production transition.
• Demonstrated ownership of a product moving from engineering definition into a production environment, against a committed date.
• Strong programme and schedule management skills, with a proven ability to drive complex cross‑functional work to a deadline.
• Technical credibility to interrogate an engineering release — drawings, BOMs, configuration and change records — and form an independent view on whether it is production‑ready.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and quality systems, engineering change workflows (ECR/ECO), and BOM/PLM structures.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to influence and lead cross‑functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required; ability to obtain and maintain Australian Government Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end NPI plan and readiness schedule for assigned programs, aligning engineering releases, supply chain execution and production work‑ups against a single build date.
• Define and assess production readiness of product engineering — completeness at gate entry, manufacturing baseline maturity, and readiness to commit long‑lead spend and convening the right functions to resolve readiness gaps.
• Run cross‑functional NPI planning forums that align engineering outputs to production system inputs, escalating issues and managing production starts.
• Align internal Production scope to support readiness — quality plans, inspection instructions, work instructions, tooling and fixturing.
• Drive gate and Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) readiness, including the evidence that each function has done what the gate assumes.
• Represent Production at the Change Control Board, so change entering the production system is understood against the build schedule.
• Run DFx reviews that surface manufacturability opportunities early and flow production issues and observations back into design.
• Build the function as you run it: publish standardised guidance on what engineering inputs must contain, their expected maturity, format and audience; objective production‑readiness checklists; gate‑stage DFX criteria and review cadence; and a repeatable method for coordinating multi‑site NPI.
• Own factory‑to‑factory transfer for new production sites, flowing down NPI data as it becomes transferable, so day‑1 scope at a receiving site is planned rather than inherited.
• Resolve emergent multi‑site NPI issues — design‑versus‑production jurisdiction, supply chain alternates, localisation questions and escalate with a recommendation.
• Track risks, issues and actions with clear mitigation and escalation.

Skills

Programme management

Schedule management

Cross-functional teamwork

Engineering release review

Security clearance

Travel internationally

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronic, Industrial or Process Engineering

Tools

BOM/PLM systems

ECR/ECO workflows

Job description

Anduril Industries in Sydney seeks an experienced NPI Program Manager to lead the transition of new designs to production across multi-site platforms.

You will own end-to-end NPI plans, align engineering, supply chain and production, drive readiness gates, and standardize processes to enable day‑1 transfer. You will thrive in a resource‑constrained, fast‑paced environment where the process is still being defined.