Facilities and Lab Lead, Space

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

13h

About The Position

Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team is seeking a hands-on Facilities and Lab Lead to maintain day-to-day operation, readiness, and discipline across three Space Manufacturing lab spaces: the operational space lab, a temporary cleanroom under construction, and a new facility under construction graded ISO 5–8. The facilities support development and low-rate builds of spaceflight hardware. This is a floor-based, hands-on role focused on maintaining and troubleshooting lab equipment and facility systems, operating gowning and contamination-control routines, managing consumables and material flow, supporting safety and hazardous-material handling, and keeping spaces ready for build and test. The role coordinates vendors and specialists for work beyond its scope and may, as the sites scale, help onboard and guide additional technicians.

The position partners day-to-day with AI&T, manufacturing engineering, program teams, supply chain, quality, and EHS to keep work moving, equipment available, and spaces audit-ready. It also supports setting up and transitioning work into the new facility, including equipment moves and installation and the wind-down of temporary space as capabilities move.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of hands-on experience maintaining and operating lab, cleanroom, or manufacturing facility equipment and systems in a controlled production or lab environment.
• Hands-on experience diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and facility systems, such as HVAC/air conditioning, pumps, chillers, compressors, and DI water systems.
• Ability to read and interpret procedures, manuals, and instructions.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience working in or supporting an ISO-classified cleanroom (ISO 5–8 or equivalent) or another contamination-controlled environment, including gowning and cleanliness discipline.
• Hands-on safety experience handling and storing hazardous materials and compressed or specialty gases, including serving as a floor- or lab-level safety point of contact.
• Experience maintaining lab equipment and supporting calibration/metrology scheduling, preventive maintenance, and inventory/consumables flow to keep equipment available and reduce downtime.
• High school diploma or equivalent; technical training, trade certifications, military technical experience, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the company.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical-device, or optics/sensor manufacturing, including support of prototype or flight-hardware testing.
• Familiarity with ISO 5 (Class 100) operations and ESD precautions and cleanliness requirements for sensitive hardware.
• Experience helping stand up or set up a new lab or cleanroom, including equipment moves, installation, and setup.
• Hands-on experience with specialty-gas and pressure systems, such as regulators, pressure relief valves, nitrogen purge, or gloveboxes, and hazardous-waste handling or recycling programs.
• Prior experience as a team lead or supervising/scheduling a small facilities or technician team.
• Strong organization, multitasking, and documentation discipline, with comfort working in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment.
• Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Keep the three Space Manufacturing lab spaces operating day to day, including gowning and anterooms, air showers, test bays, assembly areas, and storage, to prevent facility-driven downtime.
• Perform hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of lab equipment and critical components; coordinate specialists or vendors for work beyond scope and support scheduled maintenance.
• Run cleanroom contamination-control routines, including gowning and air-shower discipline, particle monitoring, certification cadence support, and stocking and management of garments, gloves, wipes, and other consumables.
• Operate and maintain facility support systems, including HVAC/air conditioning, environmental monitoring, compressed and specialty gases, nitrogen purge, pumps, chillers, compressors, and DI water systems; take readings, perform scheduled service, and coordinate vendors for larger work.
• Serve as the floor-level safety point of contact by following and enforcing safe work practices, safely handling and storing hazardous materials and specialty gases, ensuring safety instructions are in place before hazardous lab work, and supporting EHS with chemical handling, permits, and inspections.
• Manage lab equipment, assets, and material flow, including tool and fixture check-in/check-out, asset tracking, calibration and metrology scheduling, preventive maintenance, and receiving, kitting, stores, and consumables flow in coordination with supply chain and quality.
• Maintain audit-ready cleanroom operating procedures, gowning and contamination-control work instructions, safety procedures, and certification and monitoring records.
• Support the stand-up and transition of work into the new facility, including setting up areas, moving and installing equipment, and winding down temporary space as capabilities move.
• Partner with AI&T, manufacturing engineering, and program teams to keep work and WIP moving across sites and communicate statuses, issues, and suggestions clearly.
• As the sites scale, help onboard and guide additional technicians or specialists.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and are considered part of total compensation.
• Top-tier, comprehensive and competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED