Manufacturing Engineer — Defense Hardware & Rapid Prototyping

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to own part or all of the manufacturing value chain for defense hardware. You will develop tooling and process flows, write work instructions and quality plans, and collaborate with contract manufacturers to scale production.

Hands-on build experience and leadership are valued as you work across disciplines to deliver hardware. You’ll travel to suppliers, refine quality procedures, and contribute to mechanical/electrical designs for scalable

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
• 2+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment.
• Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for a certain product or set of products.
• Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts.
• Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes.
• Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
• Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production
• Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building prototype hardware
• Contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.
• Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures

Skills

Electromechanical hardware

Leadership

Hands-on fabrication

Soldering

Machining

Quality documentation

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SMT processes

PCBA fabrication

Scripting

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to own part or all of the manufacturing value chain for defense hardware. You will develop tooling and process flows, write work instructions and quality plans, and collaborate with contract manufacturers to scale production.

Hands-on build experience and leadership are valued as you work across disciplines to deliver hardware. You’ll travel to suppliers, refine quality procedures, and contribute to mechanical/electrical designs for scalable