Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Autonomous Aircraft

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, seeks a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to drive manufacturing strategy for autonomous aircraft production. You will lead enterprise-wide initiatives across multiple disciplines, shaping long-term capability development and production readiness.

As a senior technical authority, you will guide design-for-manufacturing, mentor engineers, and manage capital improvement portfolios while delivering step-change improvements in cost, quality, and throughput

Qualifications

• Experience with manufacturing engineering in aerospace/defense or complex hardware environments.
• Proven track record leading large-scale manufacturing programs or capital improvement portfolios ($2M+).
• History of developing and implementing manufacturing strategies with transformational results.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide manufacturing strategies for autonomous aircraft production aligned with long-term objectives.
• Lead initiatives that redefine or establish manufacturing capabilities for new aircraft programs.
• Architect next-generation production systems to achieve cost, quality, and throughput improvements.
• Develop 3–5 year manufacturing technology roadmaps.
• Direct large-scale cross-functional manufacturing programs with enterprise-wide impact.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Manufacturing engineering experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

CATIA

SolidWorks

NX

ERP

MES

PLM

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, seeks a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to drive manufacturing strategy for autonomous aircraft production. You will lead enterprise-wide initiatives across multiple disciplines, shaping long-term capability development and production readiness.

As a senior technical authority, you will guide design-for-manufacturing, mentor engineers, and manage capital improvement portfolios while delivering step-change improvements in cost, quality, and throughput