Rapid-Impact Production Lead

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring for a hands-on operations role focused on production bottlenecks. The successful candidate will diagnose and fix issues on the floor, across supply chain, manufacturing, planning, quality, and more, using data tools like Excel, SQL, and Palantir Foundry.

You will travel to supplier sites and production floors to drive cost reductions, yield improvements, and on-time delivery while working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams. A U.S.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in manufacturing operations or related fields with hands-on problem solving.
• Experience on a factory floor and understanding how things are built and where breakdowns occur.
• Fast, action-biased; prefer action over analysis-paralysis.
• Self-directed; identifies high-leverage work and acts without waiting for direction.
• Comfort with hardware, procurement, testing, and shipment processes.
• Strong analytical chops; builds data models and clear recommendations quickly.
• Relentless follow-through with cross-functional collaboration and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Own problems end-to-end from root cause to implemented fix; define problems and drive completion.
• Go to the floor, supplier, and warehouse; spend substantial time on production floors and stockrooms.
• Attack cost and schedule by reducing unit cost, eliminating delays, and improving yield.
• Fix systems at the intersection of hardware operations and software (inventory, MES, ERP, MRP).
• Drive decisions through fast data analyses and scalable solutions.
• Wrangle stakeholders; lead cross-functional efforts and drive accountability.
• Provide structure to chaos with first-principles thinking and clear frameworks.

Skills

Factory floor experience

Operational problem solving

Bias for action

Data-driven decision making

ERP/MRP familiarity

Excel / data analysis

Palantir Foundry

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Excel

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is hiring for a hands-on operations role focused on production bottlenecks. The successful candidate will diagnose and fix issues on the floor, across supply chain, manufacturing, planning, quality, and more, using data tools like Excel, SQL, and Palantir Foundry.

You will travel to supplier sites and production floors to drive cost reductions, yield improvements, and on-time delivery while working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams. A U.S.