Senior Industrial Engineer, Maritime Production System Design

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 in Santa Ana, CA, seeks an Industrial Engineer for the Maritime Manufacturing Technology team to model, simulate, and optimize production flows for a new autonomous factory. You’ll develop discrete-event models, schedule production, and translate insights into actionable control decisions.

The role requires 8+ years designing production systems, capacity modeling, and collaboration with manufacturing teams; US Secret clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing production systems, factory layouts, or manufacturing lines for large, complex, low-rate products.
• Demonstrated capacity or rate modeling: you have built the model, defended the number, and been held to it.
• Ability to work directly with manufacturing teams to implement process improvements based on simulation and analytical results.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plant and equipment layouts, material flow paths, and space allocation for a new maritime factory.
• Capacity plans and rate models: units per year under a given configuration, with the sensitivity analysis behind the number.
• Sequencing of operations and work flow: how a build is broken into stations, what runs in parallel, where the unit sits and for how long.
• Discrete‑event simulation of the factory and the line, used as the primary way we validate capacity before the building exists.
• Designing and optimizing the production system by integrating design, supply base, facilities, equipment, and personnel.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, operations research, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field

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.

About The Team

Anduril's Manufacturing Technology, Maritime Team is building the next generation of advanced AI-driven factories to manufacture large-scale autonomous maritime systems at unprecedented speed and scale. The Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is responsible for rapidly developing and implementing manufacturing technologies and processes for cutting‑edge defense hardware, including deployable static and moving surface, undersea and sea to air vehicles, and scaling these products in our new manufacturing facilities. Our industrialization approach combines advanced manufacturing methods, digital integration, and adaptive planning to compress development timelines while de‑risking production decisions.

About The Job

As an Industrial Engineer on the Production Controls team, you will develop and maintain discrete event simulation models and critical chain schedules that drive production planning for Anduril’s advanced AI factory. You will use simulation and modeling tools to visualize production systems, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resource allocation—translating analytical insights into actionable production control decisions. You will also integrate technology into daily workflows by writing scripts and building automated processes that increase the team’s throughput and decision speed. This is a hands‑on role for someone with strong Operations Research fundamentals who is eager to apply simulation, optimization, and scripting to real manufacturing problems at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Plant and equipment layouts, material flow paths, and space allocation for a new maritime factory.
• Capacity plans and rate models: units per year under a given configuration, with the sensitivity analysis behind the number.
• Sequencing of operations and work flow: how a build is broken into stations, what runs in parallel, where the unit sits and for how long.
• Discrete‑event simulation of the factory and the line, used as the primary way we validate capacity before the building exists.
• Designing and optimizing the production system by integrating design, supply base, facilities, equipment, and personnel.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years designing production systems, factory layouts, or manufacturing lines for large, complex, low‑rate products: ships, aircraft, spacecraft, heavy industrial, or similar.
• Demonstrated capacity or rate modeling: you have built the model, defended the number, and been held to it.
• Ability to work directly with manufacturing teams to implement process improvements based on simulation and analytical results.
• No degree required. We hire on demonstrated capability. Apprenticeship, Navy Nuclear Power School, military experience, trade background, or self‑taught modeling all count.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, operations research, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field.
• Shipyard or aerospace final‑assembly experience: stage of construction, module breakdown, pre‑outfitting, erection sequence.
• Greenfield or major‑expansion factory work.

US Salary Range

$146,000—$194,000 USD

Benefits

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.

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