Staff Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer to provide expert guidance on propulsion hardware manufacturing across a portfolio of autonomous aircraft, missiles, and related systems. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure producibility, drive design-for-manufacturability changes, and support test campaigns.

The role covers turbines, ramjets, and solid rocket motors, with travel ~20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, or Materials Engineering.
• 12+ years in propulsion manufacturing/propulsion engineering or related field.
• Experience evaluating propulsion designs for manufacturability and translating findings into improvements.
• Experience qualifying propulsion suppliers and performing production-readiness assessments.
• U.S. person due to export-controlled information access.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME propulsion manufacturing expertise across programs (turbines, ramjets, solid motors).
• Lead or support DFM/DFM reviews to improve producibility while preserving performance.
• Collaborate with design and program manufacturing engineers to translate constraints into design feedback.
• Assist in supplier qualification and contract manufacturer selection for propulsion hardware.
• Support propulsion test campaigns from a manufacturing perspective, including anomaly investigations.

Skills

Propulsion manufacturing

DFM/DFx reviews

Supplier qualification

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Materials Engineering

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

CAD (NX/CATIA/SolidWorks)

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer to provide expert guidance on propulsion hardware manufacturing across a portfolio of autonomous aircraft, missiles, and related systems. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure producibility, drive design-for-manufacturability changes, and support test campaigns.

The role covers turbines, ramjets, and solid rocket motors, with travel ~20%.