Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Solid Fuel Motors

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; McHenry (MS); On-site; USD 143,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our manufacturing team, focusing on rapid iteration of cutting-edge hardware such as solid fuel rocket motors. You will own end-to-end processes from design to production, ensuring safety and quality at scale.

You will lead process development, evaluate capital equipment, manage CapEx projects, and mentor engineers while collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Manufacturing

Process development

CapEx ROI

Hardware fabrication

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our manufacturing team, focusing on rapid iteration of cutting-edge hardware such as solid fuel rocket motors. You will own end-to-end processes from design to production, ensuring safety and quality at scale.

You will lead process development, evaluate capital equipment, manage CapEx projects, and mentor engineers while collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.