Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Missiles

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer for its Missiles Manufacturing team. This role will lead the manufacturing process development for their products, which include static equipment, moving ground equipment, and complex vehicles. The team is responsible for the entire manufacturing value chain, from design for manufacturability and tool design to process creation, vendor sourcing, quality planning, and work documentation. The Lead Manufacturing Engineer will drive process improvements, ensure production quality, and support new product development and implementation. This position requires technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and execute projects rapidly. The goal is to optimize manufacturing processes, reduce costs, increase efficiencies, develop new products, and scale to full production.

Requirements

Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
8+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning.
Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment.
Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.). Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale change management initiatives that influence culture, define tools & processes and improve competencies.
Harness & PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes.
Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects.
Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems.
Software scripting experience in any language.
Current active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
Lead a team responsible for delivering on-time completion of development and production units within a product group.
Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
Act as a manufacturing lead for mechanical fabrication and avionics with subject matter expertise in these areas and key experience in design for manufacturability.
Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
Uphold and advise on quality management and business application programs as they pertain to manufacturing within your area.
Facilitate make versus buy decisions, and coordinate with internal supply chain teams to manage vendors to ensure quality deliveries on time.
Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.
Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives (cost reduction, QI reduction & capacity increase).
Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the manufacturing engineering product team.
Develop production and test methodologies and implement best practices to enable scaling production capabilities for larger, more complex products.
Travel to suppliers and partner sites to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement process procedures as required.