Senior Industrial Engineer: Build Scalable Defense Systems

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to scale enterprise labor standards, factory layouts, and capacity models across multiple production sites, including Arsenal-1. You will partner with Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management to de-risk production scale-up.

Requirements include a degree in IE or related field with 6+ years in fast-paced manufacturing, expertise in MODAPTS/MTM or CAD/layout tools, and proficiency in DES tools and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or a related field, with 6+ years of progressive experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated deep technical strength in at least one (or a combination) of Labor Standards, Layouts & Spatial Planning, or Simulation & Operations Research.
• A proven track record of building tools, templates, or governance systems that teams actively maintain and adopt.
• Excellent cross‑functional communication and ability to translate complex analyses into defensible recommendations for non‑technical decision‑makers.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable industrial engineering systems across production sites and centralized repositories.
• Establish labor standards and work measurement integrated into MES/ERP systems.
• Design and optimize 2D/3D factory footprints, layouts, and material flow.
• Develop DES models and Python/SQL pipelines to stress-test ramps and ROI analyses.
• Bridge data to operational decision-making with cross‑functional collaboration.

Skills

Labor standards

Layout design

Simulation & OR

Cross‑functional communication

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Factory CAD/Flow

Bluebeam

Siemens Plant Simulation

FlexSim

Simio

AnyLogic

Arena

SimPy

Python/SQL

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to scale enterprise labor standards, factory layouts, and capacity models across multiple production sites, including Arsenal-1. You will partner with Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management to de-risk production scale-up.

Requirements include a degree in IE or related field with 6+ years in fast-paced manufacturing, expertise in MODAPTS/MTM or CAD/layout tools, and proficiency in DES tools and