Senior Manufacturing Safety Engineer — On‑the‑Floor Safety Leader

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineers to join our Costa Mesa, CA team. You will apply formal risk assessment and hierarchy of controls to production equipment, lift fixtures, and test stations, partnering with EHS and engineering to identify hazards early and engineer them out on the factory floor.

You will be the on-the-floor technical authority for safety, from equipment bring-up to ramp and sustained operations, with responsibilities across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Safety Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• 7+ years in manufacturing/machine safety with risk assessments ownership.
• Hands-on experience performing formal machine and task-based risk assessments and applying the hierarchy of controls.
• Working knowledge of machine safeguarding and OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements.
• Experience developing Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) and translating risk findings into work instructions, controls, and training.
• Experience designing safety into production/test equipment, partnering with EHS and electrical safety specialists.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence cross-functionally on the factory floor and with engineering teams.
• Eligibility to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Responsibilities

• Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments on production equipment, fixtures, tooling, and processes, documenting hazards and controls.
• Review manufacturing work instructions and training material for safety adequacy; author JHA and embed 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 to reduce hazards at the design stage.
• Define functional-safety requirements for safety-related control systems and verify implementation.
• Partner with EHS to ensure controls satisfy OSHA 29 CFR 1910 general-industry requirements.
• Support incident and near-miss investigations and root-cause analysis; drive corrective actions and management of change.

Skills

Risk assessments

Machine safeguarding

JHA development

Communication skills

Security clearance eligibility

Education

B.S. Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Manufacturing/Industrial/Safety Eng

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineers to join our Costa Mesa, CA team. You will apply formal risk assessment and hierarchy of controls to production equipment, lift fixtures, and test stations, partnering with EHS and engineering to identify hazards early and engineer them out on the factory floor.

You will be the on-the-floor technical authority for safety, from equipment bring-up to ramp and sustained operations, with responsibilities across multiple sites.