Senior Manufacturing Process Architect

Speedrun Talent Network; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Business Process Engineer to scale the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP) across product lines. You will mature the existing process, close gaps with cross-functional stakeholders, and deploy templates and tools to facilitate manufacturing readiness.

The role blends business and technical acumen with a focus on the product lifecycle, concurrent engineering, and cross-site implementation for both commercial and federal programs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations, design engineering, business process development, change management, project management, program management, or engineering transformation.
• 2+ years of experience utilizing web based programs and platforms such as Lucidchart, Airtable, and GitHub (or equivalent). Proven track record of integrating process flows and structured data into a centralized, GitHub-hosted documentation hub.
• 8+ years of experience overall in relevant domains.
• Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production), as well as the purpose of each phase and its associated importance for manufacturing readiness.
• Strong business acumen together with knowledge of hardware engineering and manufacturing domains.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines (individual contributor to senior leadership, Program Management to Supply Chain to Design Engineering, etc.).
• Proven ability to balance the criticality of detail-oriented, strategic thinking with the importance of being scrappy to move fast.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Responsibilities

• Introducting the MDP framework to a diverse set of stakeholders at all levels across multiple teams.
• Partner with MDP Project Managers to identify pain points, gaps, and opportunities for improvement, expand and pilot new solutions.
• Develop and maintain MDP metrics, consolidating data into dashboards and a single source of truth for Manufacturing Engineering.
• Communicate the importance of MDP to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and formalize it into an SOP.
• Articulate manufacturing readiness to cross-functional audiences and elevate risks to leadership.
• Tailor MDP implementation across product lines for commercial and federal contracts and align with DoW, MRLs, AS9100/AS6500 frameworks.
• Champion initiatives across teams and sites with templates, guides, checklists, and flowcharts to enable adoption.
• Build relationships and influence change across organizations, engaging engineers, technicians, and program managers.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Operations management

Process improvement

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Lucidchart

Airtable

GitHub

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Business Process Engineer to scale the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP) across product lines. You will mature the existing process, close gaps with cross-functional stakeholders, and deploy templates and tools to facilitate manufacturing readiness.

The role blends business and technical acumen with a focus on the product lifecycle, concurrent engineering, and cross-site implementation for both commercial and federal programs.