Facilities Strategy & Operations, Space

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested warfighting domain.

Drive the construction and build-out of new cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles, bringing proven experience in designing or building cleanrooms, particularly those for space vehicle integration. Own our business line’s real estate portfolio across office, R&D lab, test site, initial production, and full rate production sites and ensure our teams have what they need when they need it. Manage short term and long term space allocation across the team for both office space and prototyping lab space, getting creative as necessary to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our team. Translate engineering and production requirements to facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites by closely collaborating with Industrial Engineering, Production, and Test teams. Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects to ensure our teams’ requirements are being met and the projects are being delivered on time and on budget. Lead the launch of new facilities across Engineering, Production, Real Estate, and IT so that move in is efficient as possible. Own the multi-year forecast of real estate needs across the division and determine when and where we make long term investments. Manage the financial impact of our real estate portfolio on the Space P&L. Execute on special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities as they arise.

Requirements

• Experience in design, construction, and build-out of cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles
• Excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale multi-stakeholder projects on time and on budget
• Prior experience designing and/or setting up new production lines or factories - from process mapping through to collaborating with infrastructure design partners and work station design
• Can read technical documentation like facility drawings
• Highly proficient in excel
• In-depth knowledge of construction means and methods
• 6-10 years experience managing a real estate portfolio or in a manufacturing environment at a high-growth technology company or similar fast-paced environment
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Love solving complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems
• High ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility

Responsibilities

• Drive the construction and build-out of new cleanroom facilities for Space vehicles
• Own our business line’s real estate portfolio across office, R&D lab, test site, initial production, and full rate production sites
• Manage short term and long term space allocation across the team for both office space and prototyping lab space
• Translate engineering and production requirements to facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites
• Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects
• Lead the launch of new facilities across Engineering, Production, Real Estate, and IT
• Own the multi-year forecast of real estate needs across the division
• Manage the financial impact of our real estate portfolio on the Space P&L
• Execute on special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed