Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling & Automation Hardware

Front Door Defense; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer focused on tooling and automation in Atlanta. You will help develop automated battery welding processes for high-volume production and own the development of fixtures, jigs, and tooling to support current and future production lines.

The role emphasizes design for manufacturing, continuous process improvement, and data-driven decision making to improve quality and productivity on the battery welding line.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience.
• Experience with CAD design and tooling for automated manufacturing.
• Ability to design tooling to meet tight tolerances and reliability.
• Experience documenting designs with technical drawings and manuals.
• Ability to lead work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Design fixtures, jigs, shop aids, and material handling devices.
• Develop mechanical designs for automated equipment and testers.
• Interface with technicians and design engineers to develop requirements.
• Own designs from concept to final delivery on the production floor.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment issues on the production floor.

Skills

Mechanical design

CAD design

Hand tools

Tolerances

Self-management

Tooling design

Machining

3D printing

Aluminum framing

Technical drawings

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling & Automation

Develop and scale automated battery welding processes for high-volume production.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Compensation: $111,000 - 147,000 USD / year

About The Role

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.

As a Special Process Engineer in the Manufacturing organization, you will lead the initiative to develop and progress Anduril's automated, high-volume battery welding processes. These processes currently include both Micro-TIG and Laser welding. You will champion all efforts to improve quality and productivity on the battery welding production line. In this role you'll need to think creatively and continuously improve processes and systems by making data driven decisions.

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. 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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.