On-the-Floor Manufacturing Safety Engineer – Risk & Safe-Design Lead

Anduril Industries; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 143,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

On-site safety programs

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking Manufacturing Safety Engineers to embed safety into production in Huntsville, AL. You will apply formal risk assessment, hierarchy of controls, and collaborate with EHS, manufacturing and controls engineering to identify hazards and design them out on the factory floor.

This evergreen requisition builds a pipeline for manufacturing safety engineers; role supports multiple sites and programs across the U.S.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Safety Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing/machine safety, equipment or controls engineering, or related with demonstrated ownership of risk assessments.
• Hands‑on experience performing formal machine and task‑based risk assessments and applying the hierarchy of controls.
• Working knowledge of machine safeguarding and OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general‑industry requirements, including lockout/tagout.
• Experience developing Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) and translating risk‑assessment findings into work instructions, controls, and training.
• Experience designing safety into production/test equipment, partnering with EHS and electrical safety specialists.
• Eligibility to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance, as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments on production equipment, fixtures, tooling, and processes, documenting hazards, risk ratings, required controls, and residual risk.
• Review manufacturing work instructions and supporting training material for safety adequacy; author JHA and embed required controls, PPE, and safe-work steps.
• Engineer and review production equipment such as lift fixtures and material-handling aids in partnership with EHS, and support proof-load testing.
• Assess and design safety into production test equipment.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls and prevention-through-design principles to eliminate or reduce hazards at the equipment and line-design stage.
• Define functional-safety requirements for safety-related control systems and verify their implementation.
• Partner with EHS to ensure engineering controls satisfy applicable OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements (machine guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical, PPE, materials handling).
• Support incident and near-miss investigations and root-cause analysis; drive corrective engineering actions and management of change.

Skills

Risk assessments

Safety engineering

OSHA 1910

Job Hazard Analyses

Cross-functional

Security clearance

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking Manufacturing Safety Engineers to embed safety into production in Huntsville, AL. You will apply formal risk assessment, hierarchy of controls, and collaborate with EHS, manufacturing and controls engineering to identify hazards and design them out on the factory floor.

This evergreen requisition builds a pipeline for manufacturing safety engineers; role supports multiple sites and programs across the U.S.