Manufacturing Test Engineer, Electrical/Mechanical

Anduril; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance (eligibility)

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring a manufacturing test engineer to drive full-vehicle dry FAT and wet FAT testing of the Dive-XL platform at the Quonset Point campus in Rhode Island. You will lead electromechanical testing, troubleshoot on the floor with technicians, and establish test processes from scratch as the line goes live.

You will own test plans, author runbooks, and leverage Python/AI tools to automate sequences and build dashboards that track yield and pass/fail trends across the line.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on test and troubleshooting experience with electromechanical systems.
• Ability to set up new production line processes with autonomy.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

Responsibilities

• Run full-vehicle dry FAT and wet FAT in the test tank.
• Become SME on mechanical and electromechanical checks.
• Own in-water checks and ensure readiness for delivery.
• Decide which tests add value and optimize test time.
• Triage failures and route to correct owner.
• Troubleshoot failures hands-on and lead root-cause analysis.
• Design and maintain test equipment, rigs and fixtures.
• Keep FAT procedures aligned with design changes and train technicians.
• Write troubleshooting runbooks with symptoms and fixes.
• Use Python and AI coding tools to automate test sequences and build dashboards.

Skills

Hands-on testing

Electromechanical troubleshooting

Production line setup autonomy

Python AI for test automation

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

ArsenalOS

Oracle ERP

Job description

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

Dive-XL is Anduril's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), built for ultra-long range and large modular payloads. It is the vehicle behind Ghost Shark, which we build in Sydney for the Royal Australian Navy.

We are now setting up the first U.S. Dive-XL production line at our 150,000 square foot campus in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Designs and manufacturing BOMs live in Siemens NX and Teamcenter. Routings and digital work instructions live in ArsenalOS, our in-house MES, and materials and orders run through Oracle ERP.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a manufacturing test engineering role focused on full-vehicle testing. You will run Dive-XL through dry factory acceptance testing (FAT) on the floor and wet FAT in our onsite test tank, and troubleshoot what those tests find. You will lead on the electromechanical side, working with engineering and the technicians who run the tests.

If you are tired of legacy bureaucracy, you will feel the difference here from day one. The line is new, so you will set up its processes from the start, with the autonomy to help make Quonset a world-class production site.

You do not need subsea experience. We are looking for strong hands-on test and troubleshooting experience with electromechanical systems, and we will teach you the vehicle.

Based on eligibility, relocation assistance may be available.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Run full-vehicle dry FAT and wet FAT in our test tank as test conductor, working through each procedure with the technicians on the floor
• Become the subject-matter expert on the vehicle's mechanical and electromechanical checks, such as the body structure, cabling, control surfaces, propulsion, and the anchor and emergency release systems
• Own the in-water checks in wet FAT and confirm each vehicle is ready for delivery to the customer
• Own what gets tested and where: decide which tests add value and which repeat earlier checks, and cut test time while still proving the product requirements
• Push tests upstream so problems are caught at the smallest assembly possible instead of at FAT, and give the product definition team design-for-test feedback
• Triage every failed test step as a real defect, a procedure that no longer matches the as-built vehicle, a test-setup limit or a missing upstream step, and send it to the right owner
• Troubleshoot vehicle-level failures hands-on, lead data-driven root cause using structured problem solving, and get the fix back to the line
• Design and maintain the test equipment, rigs and fixtures used in dry and wet FAT
• Keep FAT procedures matched to the as-built vehicle as the design changes, and train technicians to run them
• Write troubleshooting runbooks with the symptoms, diagnostic steps and fix, so the next technician clears the same failure faster
• Use Python and AI coding tools to automate test sequences, parse test logs, and build dashboards that track pass/fail trends and first-pass yield across the line