Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager for Defense Programs

Anduril Industries; 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 ~16-person multi-disciplinary team across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition disciplines. You will guide test strategy, develop production test systems, and ensure scale with programs in AD&S.

The role collaborates with design, quality, operations, and supply chain to align testing with development timelines and production rate demands, while fostering technical excellence and

Qualifications

• 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 a leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team across hardware, software, firmware, and electrical test domains.
• Strong foundation in production test system design, development, and deployment for electronics and electromechanical products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of ~16 manufacturing test engineers across multiple disciplines, setting goals and developing careers.
• Own the manufacturing test strategy from board-level testing to full system acceptance.
• Drive development and deployment of production test systems, fixtures, and automation to meet throughput and quality targets.
• Collaborate daily with design engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain to align test capability with timelines.
• Influence testability requirements early in development and design testability features into products.
• Establish and maintain test engineering standards, processes, and documentation including procedures and failure analyses.
• Drive test automation to increase throughput and reduce operator dependency.
• Manage test equipment roadmap including procurement, calibration, and lifecycle management.
• Build robust data acquisition and analytics to enable data-driven decisions on product quality.
• Support transfer of test capability to new production sites with production-ready systems.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Test engineering

Data acquisition

Communication

Budget management

Vendor relationships

Test automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Manufacturing Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Test Engineering to lead a ~16-person multi-disciplinary team across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition disciplines. You will guide test strategy, develop production test systems, and ensure scale with programs in AD&S.

The role collaborates with design, quality, operations, and supply chain to align testing with development timelines and production rate demands, while fostering technical excellence and