Production Control Specialist, Maritime Products

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Production Control Specialist for its Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team in Santa Ana, CA. You will oversee release of work orders, resolve shortages, and drive blockers to closure while coordinating handoffs across departments to keep manufacturing on track for maritime defense hardware.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving in a fast-moving AI-enabled factory, with preferred experience in production control, lean practices, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Production control, expediting, planning, or manufacturing operations background.
• Familiar with welding, fabrication, machining, or inspection processes from a planning perspective.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Release work orders to the floor within authorized limits, confirming material, tooling, certified labor, released router revision, and quality hold points.
• Identify and clear shortages, roadblocks, and resource conflicts.
• Track work in process status and location.
• Chase nonconformances to the disposition decision point and escalate for signature.
• Coordinate handoffs between departments and shift.

Skills

Production control

Expediting

Planning

Manufacturing operations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MES

ERP systems

JIRA

Siemens NX

Teamcenter (PLM)

Oracle

Job description

Production Control Specialist, Maritime Products

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 responsible for rapidly developing and implementing manufacturing technologies, processes, and materials for cutting-edge defense hardware. The team is developing deployable static and moving surface, undersea and sea to air vehicles, and scaling these products in our new manufacturing facilities.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Production Control Specialist on the Production Controls team, you will keep maritime products work moving. You will release work, clear blockers, and drive problems to closure for Anduril's advanced AI factory. This is a hands-on role helping solve manufacturing problems at scale.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Release work orders to the floor within authorized limits, confirming material, tooling, certified labor, released router revision, and quality hold points.
• Identify and clear shortages, roadblocks, and resource conflicts.
• Track work in process status and location.
• Chase nonconformances to the disposition decision point and **escalate** for signature.
• Coordinate handoffs between departments and shift.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent experience. Trade, shipyard, or military production experience is equally qualifying.
• Production control, expediting, planning, or manufacturing operations background.
• Familiar with welding, fabrication, machining, or inspection processes from a planning perspective.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Direct experience in maritime, naval, or aerospace defense, with knowledge of NAVSEA or MIL-SPEC standards.
• Experience with MES and ERP systems for production and material planning: working with JIRA, Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), or Oracle or equivalents.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Technical foundation in mechanical assembly, electrical integration, heavy metal or composite fabrication, or shipbuilding or large vehicle production.

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 .