Materials and Process Development Manager, Maritime NPI

Anduril-1; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Materials and Process Development Manager, NPI, to advance maritime manufacturing. You will lead the team responsible for developing materials, processes and production systems for new maritime vehicles, integrating cutting-edge technologies and working with internal and external partners.

The role requires 10+ years in materials/process development and a track record of rapid factory readiness, plus the ability to drive design-for-manufacturing

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as manager for materials and processes technology development, manufacturing engineering, and/or production/process engineering.
• Technology development experience in materials, automation, prototyping, and processes.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Create and own the materials and processes development team’s various solutions for new technologies supporting product and factory development, the future production system creation, integrating new materials and processes.
• Question requirements in product and production system design, and facility creation to ensure the most cost and schedule effective solutions for our factories.
• Support design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the production systems at new factory sites, ensuring successful delivery of the factory and products off the line.
• Provide strategic leadership on product processes, materials and technologies. Buy down risk to meet production performance and timelines in new facilities.
• Lead hands-on: set an example and expedite project completion.

Skills

Leadership

Materials knowledge

Manufacturing engineering

Job description

Materials and Process Development Manager, Maritime NPI

Santa Ana, California, United States

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

Anduril’s Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is seeking a Materials and Process Development Engineer to join our team. The Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is responsible for rapidly developing and implementing manufacturing materials, technologies and processes for cutting-edge defense hardware, including deployable static and moving surface, undersea and sea to air vehicles and scaling these products in our new manufacturing facilities.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Materials and Process Development Manager, NPI to join our rapidly growing team in Santa Ana, CA working in a cutting-edge production environment to advance the state-of-the-possible in maritime manufacturing. You will be the Materials and Process development innovator to drive to efficient, rapid, on-time production for the new maritime vehicles, utilizing cutting edge technologies and material systems. The right person for this role has developed materials and process technologies across multiple platforms for a variety of product lines, groups, or businesses and integrated with both internal and external customers. If you are someone who wants to develop innovative, adaptive, flexible, creative approaches to design and manufacturing and develop unified solutions for lots of stakeholders then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Create and own the materials and processes development team’s various solutions for new technologies supporting product and factory development, the future production system creation, integrating new materials and processes, including technologies to improve production flow while enhancing product performance, space allocation and resource requirements across programs and products.
• Question requirements in product and production system design, and facility creation to ensure the most cost and schedule effective solutions for our factories that meets the needs of our products.
• Support design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the production systems at new factory sites, ensuring successful delivery of the factory and products off the line.
• Provide strategic leadership on product processes, materials and technologies. Buy down risk to meet production performance and timelines in new facilities.
• Lead hands-on: set an example and expedite project completion.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience as manager for materials and processes technology development, manufacturing engineering, and/or production/process engineering.
• Technology development experience in materials, automation, prototyping, and processes.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Prior work with architecture and infrastructure engineering partners and/or general contractors to build, improve or modify production facilities.
• Process improvement, including justification of return on investment for process or operational changes.
• Application of new technologies, new processes, lean manufacturing and linear flow principles in a production environment.

US Salary Range

$146,000 - $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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