Senior Business Process Engineer

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

2d • $146,000 - $194,000

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Manufacturing Development team is seeking a Senior Business Process Engineer to grow and implement the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP), a framework designed to advance production readiness in the product lifecycle and enable scaled production. This role involves defining the 'What', 'When', 'Why', and 'How' for manufacturing, from new product development to operations. The ideal candidate will be passionate about translating Anduril's manufacturing vision into actionable initiatives and deploying them across products, teams, and sites.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations, design engineering, business process development, change management, project management, program management, or engineering transformation.
• 8+ years of experience overall in relevant domains.
• Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production), as well as the purpose of each phase and its associated importance for manufacturing readiness.
• Strong business acumen together with knowledge of hardware engineering and manufacturing domains.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines (individual contributor to senior leadership, Program Management to Supply Chain to Design Engineering, etc.).
• Proven ability to balance the criticality of detail-oriented, strategic thinking with the importance of being scrappy to move fast.
• Process thinker with a business impact mindset.
• Demonstrated desire to learn new things without fear of jumping in.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading organizational change.
• Experience translating technical requirements into business needs.
• Experience successfully taking new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production.
• Deep knowledge of co-design, engineering, and manufacturing phases of the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop, expand, and roll out the MDP across multiple product lines.
• Mature the existing business process, identify and close process gaps with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop and deploy internal resources, templates, and tools to facilitate business process implementation by Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Integrate MDP into the Manufacturing Engineering way of working.
• Introduce the MDP framework to stakeholders at all levels, from Individual Contributors to Vice Presidents.
• Socialize the business process and accompanying resources with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Program Management, Configuration Management, and Quality.
• Partner with MDP Project Managers to understand pain points, process gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate to update the existing business process, expand it to other teams, and pilot new solutions.
• Partner with the MDP Metrics Lead to integrate process execution resources with data collection methods and visualization dashboards.
• Consolidate disparate data sources and deliverables into a seamless 'one stop shop' for Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Communicate the importance of MDP and its contribution to production success to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Identify and execute tailored communication strategies to match stakeholder interests.
• Balance standardization with flexibility to formalize MDP into a Standard Operating Procedure that remains customizable to individual product lines.
• Articulate manufacturing readiness to cross-functional audiences.
• Provide highly technical teams with resources to synthesize and communicate manufacturing risk to non-technical audiences.
• Leverage engineering and production information to highlight and escalate risks to leadership.
• Tailor MDP implementation across product lines based on product complexity, timeline severity, and cross-functional team dynamics.
• Create flexible implementation strategies to accommodate both commercial and federal contracts.
• Align MDP to internal and external frameworks and standards, including DoW frameworks, Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs), AS9100, AS6500, and more.
• Champion Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Operations initiatives across teams and sites, from pilot programs to enterprise-wide rollout.
• Foster adoption and make business processes and frameworks interpretable and actionable by creating tactical resources (templates, job guides, burndown checklists, process flowcharts, etc.).
• Build relationships and influence change across several organizations, functions, and programs.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, technicians, and program managers to understand their pain points, needs, and workflows.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• 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