Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril Industries; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Mississippi seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our Manufacturing team in Gulfport. You will own end-to-end manufacturing for solid fuel rocket motor components, from design-for-manufacture to setup, documentation, and qualification.

Lead capital equipment evaluations, manage CapEx projects, write work instructions and quality plans, and mentor junior engineers while maintaining safety and quality at scale.

Qualifications

• A technical degree is required in engineering, math, or a hard science.
• At least 10 years in manufacturing or product processing.
• Proven ability to deliver processes and products on time safely.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of complex manufacturing processes from concept to design.
• Develop novel processing solutions for high-volume assembly of solid fuel rocket motors.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices.
• Evaluate and justify major capital equipment with ROI analysis.
• Manage CapEx projects from concept to implementation.
• Control budgets, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Create process flows that simplify operations while maintaining safety and quality.
• Write work instructions, quality plans, and inspection requirements.
• Collaborate with contract manufacturers for repeatable, scalable production.
• Mentor and guide new engineers.
• Optimize established full-rate production processes.
• Communicate complex concepts across the organization.
• Travel to suppliers for sourcing, issue resolution, and quality procedures.

Skills

Degree in technical field

10+ years experience

Creative process delivery

Continuous improvement

Hands-on manufacturing

Interest in manufacturing

U.S. Person status

Education

Technical degree (engineering/math/science)

Job description

Anduril’s Manufacturing team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. The Manufacturing Engineering Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware, specifically solid fuel rocket motors. This responsibility includes everything in the manufacturing value-chain, including, but not limited to, Design for Manufacturability work, tool design & selection, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing & interaction, quality planning, and work documentation associated with the hardware and processes that the Manufacturing Engineer owns.

The right person for this role can demonstrate past holistic ownership on solving a technical challenge with a creative, physical, solution that they either personally manufacturing or oversaw manufacturing on, in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment. If you are someone who thrives in such an environment, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead the development and implementation of multiple complex manufacturing processes from concept to design
• Develop novel processing solutions for assembly of solid fuel rocket motors at high volumes
• Establish engineering standards and best practices
• Independently evaluate and recommend significant capital equipment with ROI analysis
• Manage CapEx projects from concept to implementation
• Control project budgets of significant scale with on-time and on-budget delivery
• Develop process flows, simplifying complex and critical operations into user friendly operations that maintain exceedingly high levels of safety and quality.
• Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
• Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production
• Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, developing production ready processes
• Mentor and guide new engineers
• Manage and optimize established full rate production processes
• Communicate complex technical concepts across all levels of the organization
• Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures as needed

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
• 10+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or product processing
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver processes and products on time in a safe manner that meets or exceeds the required parameters defined by the product
• Demonstrated continuous improvement and process development skills and techniques
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High rate production experience with safety critical industries
• Hands-on experience solid fuel rocket motors
• Factory commissioning experience
• Demonstrated experience with large and complex CapEx projects