Production Scheduler, Maritime Manufacturing

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 Production Control Specialist for Maritime Manufacturing to keep complex schedules moving. You will own the integrated schedule model across programs and shared resources, adjusting for demand and capacity changes, while identifying conflicts and opportunities for optimization in a hands-on role.

This role also requires coordinating with engineering, operations, and supply chain teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Trade, shipyard, or military production experience is equally qualifying.
• Background in production planning, scheduling, industrial engineering, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience with theory of constraints, critical chain, or buffer management.
• Experience with finite capacity or constraint-based scheduling.
• Experience in low volume, high mix, or engineered-to-order environments.
• U.S. Person due to access to restricted information; eligible for active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the integrated schedule model across programs, resources, and work centers.
• Integrate frequent changes to routings, resources, capacity, and priorities into the model.
• Sequence and prioritize jobs against finite capacity constraints.
• Identify schedule conflicts, infeasible sequences, and capacity shortfalls, with cause.
• Track schedule adherence and report variance.
• Resequence work within authorized limits as conditions change.
• Record decisions and open items in the shift handoff.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Industrial engineering

Manufacturing operations

Critical chain / TOC

Constraint-based scheduling

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

US Person eligibility

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

JIRA

Siemens NX

Teamcenter (PLM)

Oracle

Aurora scheduling system

Job description

Production Scheduler, Maritime Manufacturing

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 own the integrated schedule model across programs and shared resources, and keep it current as demand and capacity change for Anduril's advanced AI factory. This is a hands‑on role helping solve manufacturing problems at scale.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Build and maintain the integrated schedule model across programs, resources, and work centers.
• Integrate frequent changes to routings, resources, capacity, and priorities into the model.
• Sequence and prioritize jobs against finite capacity constraints.
• Identify schedule conflicts, infeasible sequences, and capacity shortfalls, with cause.
• Track schedule adherence and report variance.
• Resequence work within authorized limits as conditions change.
• Record decisions and open items in the shift handoff.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent experience. Trade, shipyard, or military production experience is equally qualifying.
• Production planning, scheduling, industrial engineering, or manufacturing operations background.
• Critical chain, theory of constraints, or buffer management experience.
• Finite capacity or constraint-based scheduling experience preferred.
• Low volume, high mix, or engineered-to-order environment.
• 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.
• Aurora scheduling system experience preferred.
• 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 .