Manufacturing Programs Lead — Data-Driven Ops & Scale

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Production Project Manager to operate within a high-volume hardware manufacturing setting. You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, supply chain, and finance to deliver production initiatives on time and within budget.

The role requires a strong quality mindset, data-driven decision making, and a focus on manufacturability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field.
• 4+ years in operations project or program management in hardware environments.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and production support.
• Experience with project management methodologies (Agile, Lean, Six Sigma).
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities to influence cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of AI LLM models such as Claude.

Responsibilities

• Act as internal strike team to resolve complex operations and supply chain issues.
• Drive continuous improvement to production efficiency and scalability.
• Develop and optimize production management processes for time-sensitive goals.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Coordinate changes to existing and upcoming products (NPI) in production.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Communications

AI LLM experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Gantt charts

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Production Project Manager to operate within a high-volume hardware manufacturing setting. You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, supply chain, and finance to deliver production initiatives on time and within budget.

The role requires a strong quality mindset, data-driven decision making, and a focus on manufacturability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.