Manufacturing Test Engineering Leader

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Test Engineering to lead a multi-disciplinary team of about 16 engineers across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition. You’ll design, deploy, and maintain production test systems from board-level functional tests to full system acceptance, guiding test strategy and standards.

You will collaborate with design engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain to align test capability with development timelines and

Qualifications

• REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years in test or manufacturing engineering with at least 2 years in leadership.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across hardware/software/firmware.
• Strong production test system design for electronics and mechatronics.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (LabVIEW/TestStand/Python).
• Ability to drive cross-functional alignment without direct authority.
• Understanding product lifecycle test strategies and root-cause analysis.
• Excellent communication across technician to executive levels.
• Budget, equipment, and vendor management experience.
• Hands-on test development, debugging, or troubleshooting; technical credibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of ~16 manufacturing test engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Own the manufacturing test strategy from board-level to full system acceptance testing.
• Develop and deploy production test systems, fixtures, and automation to meet throughput and quality goals.
• Collaborate daily with design engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain.
• Influence testability requirements early in development cycles.
• Establish and maintain test standards, procedures, and documentation.
• Drive test automation to increase throughput and coverage.
• Manage test equipment roadmap and lifecycle across sites.
• Build robust data acquisition/analysis capabilities for data-driven decisions.
• Support transfer of test capability to new production sites.
• Foster technical excellence and accountability within the team.
• Manage budgets and forecast test engineering needs.
• Serve as escalation point for complex failures and cross-functional resolution.
• Travel to production sites/suppliers as needed (<10%).

Skills

Leadership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Test engineering leadership

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Software/Manufacturing Engineering or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Test Engineering to lead a multi-disciplinary team of about 16 engineers across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition. You’ll design, deploy, and maintain production test systems from board-level functional tests to full system acceptance, guiding test strategy and standards.

You will collaborate with design engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain to align test capability with development timelines and