Senior NC Programmer

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Senior NC Programmer/Machinist to lead programming and tooling for large-part machining with hard metals and exotic materials. You will develop machining plans, program complex parts, and drive fast, on-time production across multiple product lines while collaborating with design, manufacturing engineering, operations, facilities and finance.

This role requires ownership, problem-solving, and a hands-on approach in a demanding manufacturing

Qualifications

• 10+ years in NC programming and machining large parts from hard metals.
• Experience driving tooling, automation, prototyping and process development.
• Able to work hands-on in a manufacturing environment alongside operations.
• U.S. Person due to export control access.

Responsibilities

• Develop machining plans and programs for large, complex parts across multiple platforms.
• Lead tooling selection and NC programming to ensure on-time production.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing engineering, operations, facilities, and finance.
• Support startup of new factory sites and production systems.
• Hands-on leadership to expedite project completion.

Skills

NC programming

Machining

Tooling

Automation

Process development

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, 3D 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.

NC Programmer / Machinist

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Manufacturing Technology Team is seeking an expert in NC Programming with significant experience in programming machining projects. The Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is responsible for rapidly developing and implementing manufacturing materials, technologies and processes for cutting-edge defense hardware, including deployable static and moving surface, undersea and sea to air vehicles and scaling these products in our new manufacturing facilities.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Senior NC Programmer, you will be responsible for developing machining and manufacturing plans that include mounting, tooling and NC programming for complicated machine parts. You will develop programs and machining processes to drive to efficient, rapid, on-time production and start-up of new machining processes for a variety of large, complex parts. The right person for this role has developed machining, tooling and programming plans for technologies across multiple platforms for a variety of product lines, groups, or businesses and integrated with both internal and external customers. If you are someone who wants to develop innovative, adaptive, flexible, creative approaches to design and manufacturing and develop unified solutions for lots of stakeholders then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop, innovate and lead in the tooling, programming and machining solutions for new machining processes and technologies supporting product and factory development.
• Question requirements in product and production design, and manufacturing processes to ensure the most cost- and schedule-effective solutions for our factories that meets the needs of our products.
• Support design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the production systems at new factory sites, specifically in the areas of machining and NC programming, ensuring successful delivery of the factory and products off the line.
• Lead hands-on: set an example and expedite project completion
• Drive collaboration with product design, manufacturing engineering, operations, facilities and construction, environmental safety & health, and finance to deliver creative and effective production system designs, as well as external vendors supporting the design, construction, and commissioning of new facilities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience as a programmer and machining expert for doing large part machining with hard metals and exotic materials.
• Technology development experience in machining, automation, prototyping, and process development.
• Ability to work hands-on in a manufacturing environment, next to operations and manufacturing engineering to understand and optimize the production system.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior work with architecture and infrastructure engineering partners and/or general contractors to build, improve or modify machining systems
• Machining, automation, tooling and programming development for manufacturing processes in complex machining applications.

US Salary Range

$129,000 — $171,000 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 (but not limited to) 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.

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