Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Highly competitive equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Costa Mesa, California to shape the manufacturing design for its Missiles division. Responsibilities include ensuring high production quality and supporting new product development across the manufacturing value chain.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in manufacturing, a technical degree, and a passion for quality. The role offers a salary range of $146,000 to $194,000, along with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
• Expertise in design for manufacturability.
• Eligible for U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Execute manufacturing from prototyping to full-scale production.
• Collaborate with design engineers for manufacturing best practices.
• Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Documentation

Education

Degree in engineering, math, or hard science

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, 3‑D 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 Role

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer on Missiles you will play a key role in shaping the manufacturing design for Anduril’s Missile division. Your core responsibilities include ensuring the highest production quality and supporting the development and implementation of new products for several program designs. The role encompasses the entire manufacturing value chain, including Design for Manufacturability, tool design and selection, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing and collaboration, quality planning, and documentation for hardware production.

What You’ll Do

• Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full‑scale production.
• Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
• Act as a manufacturing liason for mechanical fabrication and avionics with subject matter expertise in these areas and key experience in design for manufacturability.
• Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
• Advise on quality management and business application programs as they pertain to manufacturing within your area.
• Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.
• Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives (cost reduction, QI reduction & capacity increase).
• Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the manufacturing engineering product team.
• Develop production and test methodologies and implement best practices to enable scaling production capabilities for larger, more complex products.
• Travel to suppliers and partner sites to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement process procedures as required.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
• 8+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
• An attitude of world‑class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning.
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource‑constrained environment.
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.). Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large‑scale change management initiatives that influence culture, define tools & processes and improve competencies.
• Harness & PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes.
• Hands‑on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems.
• Current active U.S. Secret security clearance.

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 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:

Benefits

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.