Lead Manufacturing Safety Engineer

Speedrun Talent Network; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineer to embed risk assessment and hierarchy of controls into production equipment, lift fixtures, and test stations. You will lead on-the-floor safety authority from equipment bring-up through ramped operations.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing safety, JHA development, and OSHA knowledge, with the ability to influence cross-functionally and obtain security clearance if needed.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Safety Engineering (or equivalent).
• 7+ years in manufacturing/machine safety, equipment or controls engineering with proven ownership of risk assessments.
• Hands-on experience performing formal machine and task-based risk assessments and applying hierarchy of controls.
• Working knowledge of machine safeguarding and OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements (machine guarding, lockout/tagout).
• Experience developing Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) and translating findings into work instructions and controls.
• Experience designing safety into production/test equipment with EHS and engineering partners.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional influence on the factory floor.
• Eligible to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments on production equipment, fixtures, tooling, and processes.
• Review manufacturing work instructions and training material for safety adequacy; author JHAs and embed controls.
• Engineer and review production equipment safety in partnership with EHS and controls engineering.
• Assess and design safety into production test equipment.
• Apply hierarchy of controls to eliminate or reduce hazards at design stage.
• Define functional-safety requirements for safety-related control systems.
• Partner with EHS to ensure controls satisfy OSHA requirements (machine guarding, lockout/tagout, PPE).
• Support incident investigations and drive corrective engineering actions.

Skills

Risk assessments

Machine safeguarding

Lockout/Tagout

JHA development

Cross-functional collab

Education

B.S. in Eng (mechanical/electrical/manufacturing/safety)

M.S. in engineering or safety credentials

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineer to embed risk assessment and hierarchy of controls into production equipment, lift fixtures, and test stations. You will lead on-the-floor safety authority from equipment bring-up through ramped operations.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing safety, JHA development, and OSHA knowledge, with the ability to influence cross-functionally and obtain security clearance if needed.