Maritime Manufacturing Planner — NPI, MBOM & MES Expert

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Maritime Systems, who will own the bridge between design, supply chain, and shop-floor execution to build hardware at scale.

You will translate engineering drawings into actionable work instructions, optimize MES routings, manage MBOM structures, and ensure compliance with NAVSEA standards while maintaining production schedules within timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing planning, production planning, or production control in hardware manufacturing.
• Experience in an NPI environment translating design to high-rate production.
• Experience creating and maintaining MBOMs, routing, EBOM-to-MBOM translation.
• Hands-on MES and PDM software experience.
• Ability to read complex engineering drawings, specs, and process maps.
• Proven track record meeting aggressive timelines and prioritizing resources.
• U.S. Person eligible for access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
• Eligible to obtain/maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Direct the creation and maintenance of manufacturing plans and work instructions.
• Own MBOM strategy and as-built configuration management.
• Set build sequences and monitor order flow for ramp-up.
• Coordinate engineering changes across active MES routings and schedules.
• Interface with Design Eng, Manufacturing Eng, Supply Chain, Quality, and Production Ops.
• Collaborate with design teams during DFM/DFA reviews for cost/quality scalability.
• Analyze discrepancies and process data to improve yield and efficiency.
• Provide hands-on planning support on the shop floor during NPI and rate ramp-ups.

Skills

MES experience

NPI experience

Reading drawings

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MES software

PDM software

Oracle ERP

CAD (Siemens NX)

PLM (Teamcenter)

JIRA

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Maritime Systems, who will own the bridge between design, supply chain, and shop-floor execution to build hardware at scale.

You will translate engineering drawings into actionable work instructions, optimize MES routings, manage MBOM structures, and ensure compliance with NAVSEA standards while maintaining production schedules within timelines and budgets.