Process Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Process Engineer for its Maritime team in Santa Ana, CA. You will analyze and optimize manufacturing processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs, working on continuous improvement initiatives for both prototyping and at-scale production.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware fabrication, collaboration with contract manufacturers, and developing documentation such as work instructions and inspection criteria.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing or electromechanical hardware design.
• Proven ability to deliver process improvements in a resource-constrained environment.
• Demonstrated leadership with concrete examples.
• Hands-on hardware fabrication experience (machining, soldering, assembly).
• Eligible for U.S. Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop process flows and break down complex assemblies into subassemblies.
• Create work instructions, quality plans, and inspection requirements.
• Collaborate with contract manufacturers to develop repeatable processes for rapid development and scale.
• Work with technicians to build prototype hardware.
• Contribute to mechanical/electrical design including interconnects and boards.
• Travel to suppliers for sourcing, issue resolution, and quality improvements.

Skills

Process optimization

Leadership

Hardware manufacturing

Soldering / fabrication

Security clearance

Education

Engineering/Math degree

Tools

SMT processes

Scripting

Job description

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.

Process Engineer, Maritime

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril Maritime delivers platforms, systems, and integrated effects in the maritime domain. Our autonomous vehicles (sub-surface and surface) are the cornerstone of these capabilities, and we continually strive to push the boundaries of the possible in terms of endurance, autonomy and mission capability. The Maritime team develops and maintains core products and payloads, and adapts and applies those products to serve a wide variety of defense, IC and commercial customers in US and international markets.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Process Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Santa Ana, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing and optimizing processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs. You will work on continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
• Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
• Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production
• Work with technicians and other engineers hands‑on, building prototype hardware
• Contribute to end‑customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.
• Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality proced

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experiences in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver process improvements in a resource‑constrained environment
• Demonstrated in‑kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
• PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes
• Hands‑on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
• Software scripting experience in any language

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:

Benefits

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.