Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling & Automation

Anduril-1; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling & Automation to lead the design of fixtures, jigs, and automated equipment for high-rate production. You will own designs from napkin sketch to service, with a bias toward data-driven decisions to eliminate bottlenecks.

The role emphasizes rapid deployment, DFMA, and building resilient tooling to meet strict tolerances for ALTIUS systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience.
• Proficient in CAD design.
• Proficient with standard hand tooling, and able to assemble and repair equipment.
• Solid understanding of tolerances and how to design equipment and tooling that allow product to meet specified tolerances.
• Ability to self-lead work with little oversight
• Strong understanding of designing tooling in a way that protects the product
• Strong understanding of how to design machined parts, sheet metal parts, 3D printed parts, and frames made from aluminum extrusion
• Proficient in writing documentation including but not limited to technical drawings and instruction manuals

Responsibilities

• Design fixtures, jigs, shop aids, and material handling devices to assist in current production as well as future production
• Develop mechanical designs for automated equipment and testers
• Interface with Technicians and Product Design Engineers to develop design requirements
• Own designs from concept to final delivery on production floor
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment issues on the production floor

Skills

Mechanical design

CAD design

Documentation writing

Self-led work

Tolerance analysis

Tooling design

Machined parts design

Aluminum extrusion

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling & Automation

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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.

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

The Launched Effects team at Anduril is responsible for scaling the manufacturing and delivery of the ALTIUS family of systems (including the ALTIUS-600 and ALTIUS-700). As the premier Air-Launched Effects (ALE) platform for the U.S. military and its allies, ALTIUS is redefining modern warfare. These tube-launched, autonomous aerial systems must be built to survive extreme deployment environments, requiring precision manufacturing of advanced composites, complex avionics, and modular payload integrations for ISR, Electronic Warfare, and kinetic strike capabilities.

As part of the Launched Effects manufacturing team, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge R&D and high-rate production. We are a fast-moving, mission-driven group of manufacturing engineers, quality specialists, and production operations experts who refuse to accept traditional, slow defense manufacturing timelines. We continuously optimize our assembly lines, implement automated testing, design for manufacturing (DFM), and build resilient supply chains to deploy reliable systems to the front lines at unprecedented speed. If you want to work on a team where your production and manufacturing decisions directly impact global security, this is it.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Mechanical Design Engineer in the Manufacturing organization, you will lead the initiative to develop and progress Tooling and Automation on the Manufacturing floor. You'll design bespoke solutions that raise product quality and unlock throughput — owning each one from napkin sketch to the moment it goes into service. This role rewards creative problem-solving and a bias toward data-driven decisions: you'll find the bottlenecks, then build the thing that eliminates them.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design fixtures, jigs, shop aids, and material handling devices to assist in current production as well as future production
• Develop mechanical designs for automated equipment and testers
• Interface with Technicians and Product Design Engineers to develop design requirements
• Own designs from concept to final delivery on production floor
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment issues on the production floor

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience
• Proficient in CAD design
• Proficient with standard hand tooling, and able to assemble and repair equipment
• Solid understanding of tolerances and how to design equipment and tooling that allow product to meet specified tolerances
• Ability to self-lead work with little oversight
• Strong understanding of designing tooling in a way that protects the product
• Strong understanding of how to design machined parts, sheet metal parts, 3D printed parts, and frames made from aluminum extrusion
• Proficient in writing documentation including but not limited to technical drawings and instruction manuals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience designing and building control cabinets
• Experience designing stepper motor and servo motor controlled designs
• Experience with sensor selection
• Experience with PLC troubleshooting
• Experience with NX CAD software
• Ability to define acceptance test procedures based on mechanical requirements

US Salary Range

$111,000 - $147,000 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.

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

As set forth in Anduril Industries’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.