Undersea NPI Production Readiness Lead

Andurilindustries; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health insurance

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced NPI Program Manager to drive new product entry across undersea platforms. You will coordinate schedules, ensure production readiness, and lead cross-functional forums to align engineering releases with manufacturing needs.

Travel internationally may be required for multi-site integration. The role requires strong programme management, the ability to influence without authority, and a track record of delivering complex, gate-controlled product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with New Product Introduction or design-to-production transition.
• Demonstrated ownership of a product moving from engineering to production against a committed date.
• Strong programme and schedule management skills to drive cross-functional work to a deadline.
• Ability to interrogate engineering releases and assess production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end NPI plan and readiness schedule for assigned programs.
• Define and assess production readiness of product engineering and manufacturing baseline maturity.
• Run cross-functional NPI planning forums aligning engineering outputs to production inputs.
• Align internal production scope to support readiness, including quality plans and work instructions.
• Drive gate and Manufacturing Readiness Review readiness with evidence of readiness.
• Represent production at Change Control Board and manage design- vs production jurisdiction.
• Run DFx reviews to surface manufacturability opportunities early.
• Publish guidance on engineering inputs, maturity, format, and audience for NPI.
• Own factory-to-factory transfer for new production sites and day-1 planning.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced NPI Program Manager to drive new product entry across undersea platforms. You will coordinate schedules, ensure production readiness, and lead cross-functional forums to align engineering releases with manufacturing needs.

Travel internationally may be required for multi-site integration. The role requires strong programme management, the ability to influence without authority, and a track record of delivering complex, gate-controlled product