Senior Manufacturing Safety Engineer: Build Safe, Scale Fast

Anduril; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineer to embed safety into production from line bring-up to ramp and sustained operations in Washington, DC. You will serve as the on-the-floor technical authority, applying formal risk assessment and hierarchy of controls to protect workers while maintaining speed.

You will partner with EHS and controls engineering, review work instructions, and develop JHA and training materials to ensure safe, compliant manufacturing processes

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, industrial, or safety engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years in manufacturing/machine safety with risk assessment ownership.
• Hands-on risk assessments using the hierarchy of controls.
• Knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1910 machine guarding and lockout/tagout.
• Experience translating risk findings into JHA, controls, and training.
• Experience designing safety into production/test equipment with EHS collaboration.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence on the factory floor.
• U.S. security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments on production equipment, fixtures, tooling, and processes, documenting hazards, risk ratings, required controls, and residual risk.
• Review manufacturing work instructions and supporting training material for safety adequacy; author JHA and embed the required controls, PPE, and safe-work steps.
• Engineer and review production equipment such as lift fixtures and material-handling aids in partnership with EHS, and support proof-load testing.
• Assess and design safety into production test equipment.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls and prevention-through-design principles to eliminate or reduce hazards at the equipment and line-design stage.
• Define functional-safety requirements for safety-related control systems and verify their implementation.
• Partner with EHS to ensure engineering controls satisfy applicable OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements (machine guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical, PPE, materials handling).
• Support incident and near-miss investigations and root-cause analysis; drive corrective engineering actions and management of change.

Skills

Experience on risk assessments

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 knowledge

Cross-functional influence

Communication skills

Security clearance eligibility

Education

B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Safety Engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineer to embed safety into production from line bring-up to ramp and sustained operations in Washington, DC. You will serve as the on-the-floor technical authority, applying formal risk assessment and hierarchy of controls to protect workers while maintaining speed.

You will partner with EHS and controls engineering, review work instructions, and develop JHA and training materials to ensure safe, compliant manufacturing processes