Facilities Strategy & Operations, Space

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is recruiting for a Space Facilities and Real Estate leader in California to design, build, and expand cleanroom facilities for space vehicle integration. You will own the space portfolio across offices, labs, and production sites, ensuring availability aligns with rapidly evolving program needs.

You will translate engineering requirements into facility specs, collaborate with industrial engineering, production, and IT, and drive multi-year space planning while monitoring cost

Qualifications

• Experience in design, construction, and build-out of cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles.
• Ability to solve complex, ambiguous cross-functional problems with high ownership.
• High ownership and low ego with strong outcome orientation and humility.
• Excellent project management with a track record of delivering large multi-stakeholder projects on time and on budget.
• Experience designing or setting up new production lines or factories from process mapping to collaboration with infrastructure design partners.
• Ability to read facility drawings, proficient in Excel, and knowledge of construction means/methods.
• 6–10 years experience managing real estate portfolios or in a manufacturing environment at a high-growth tech company.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build and expand cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles.
• Own the real estate portfolio across office, R&D lab, test site, and production spaces.
• Manage short and long-term space allocation for offices and prototyping labs.
• Translate engineering/production needs into facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites.
• Collaborate with corporate real estate on construction projects to meet requirements on time and budget.
• Lead launches of new facilities across Engineering, Production, Real Estate, and IT.
• Forecast multi-year real estate needs and plan long-term investments.
• Manage the financial impact of the Space real estate portfolio on P&L.
• Execute special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities.

Skills

Cleanroom design/build

Project management

Facility drawings reading

Excel proficiency

Real estate portfolio management

Security clearance (US)

Cross-functional problem solving

Ownership mindset

Tools

Excel

Facility drawings

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting‑edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About the Team

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested warfighting domain.

About the Job

• Drive the construction and build-out of new cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles, bringing proven experience in designing or building cleanrooms, particularly those for space vehicle integration
• Own our business line’s real estate portfolio across office, R&D lab, test site, initial production, and full rate production sites and ensure our teams have what they need when they need it
• Manage short term and long term space allocation across the team for both office space and prototyping lab space, getting creative as necessary to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our team
• Translate engineering and production requirements to facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites by closely collaborating with Industrial Engineering, Production, and Test teams
• Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects to ensure our teams’ requirements are being met and the projects are being delivered on time and on budget
• Lead the launch of new facilities across Engineering, Production, Real Estate, and IT so that move in is efficient as possible
• Own the multi-year forecast of real estate needs across the division and determine when and where we make long term investments
• Manage the financial impact of our real estate portfolio on the Space P&L
• Execute on special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities as they arise

Required Qualifications

• You have experience in design, construction, and build-out of cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles
• You love solving complex, ambiguous, cross‑functional problems
• You’re both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility
• You have excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of delivering large‑scale multi‑stakeholder projects on time and on budget
• You have prior experience designing and/or setting up new production lines or factories — from process mapping through to collaborating with infrastructure design partners and workstation design
• You can read technical documentation like facility drawings, are highly proficient in Excel, and have in-depth knowledge of construction means and methods
• You have 6‑10 years experience managing a real estate portfolio or in a manufacturing environment at a high‑growth technology company or similar fast‑paced environment
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance

US Salary Range: $146,000 – $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full‑time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including: At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.