Lead Industrial Engineer: Scalable Production Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking Industrial Engineers to scale defense hardware into high-rate production across multiple sites, including Arsenal-1. You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to build centralized systems and a single source of truth for labor content, layouts, and material flow.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or related field, 6+ years in manufacturing, and deep expertise in labor standards, layouts, or DES/OR.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated deep technical strength in at least one (or a combination) of: Labor Standards, Layouts & Spatial Planning, or Simulation & Operations Research, with proven methods.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable industrial engineering systems by establishing centralized repositories and single sources of truth for labor content, factory layouts, or stochastic capacity models across production sites.
• Establish labor standards & work measurement using time-study methods and integrate validated times into MES/ERP systems.
• Design and optimize factory footprints with data-driven 2D/3D layouts and material flow, collaborating with Facilities and Real Estate.
• Model capacity, bottlenecks, and ROI with DES models and automated data pipelines (Python/SQL) to stress-test ramps and analyze capital investments.
• Bridge design data to operations by partnering across Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management.

Skills

Labor Standards

Layouts & Spatial Planning

Simulation & Operations Research

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Factory CAD/Flow

Siemens Plant Simulation

FlexSim

Python/SQL

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking Industrial Engineers to scale defense hardware into high-rate production across multiple sites, including Arsenal-1. You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to build centralized systems and a single source of truth for labor content, layouts, and material flow.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or related field, 6+ years in manufacturing, and deep expertise in labor standards, layouts, or DES/OR.