Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Electronic Warfare

Anduril Industries•Irvine, CA

18h

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Manufacturing team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for the EW Manufacturing Team, which is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware for Electromagnetic Warfare. This role encompasses the entire manufacturing value chain, including Design for Manufacturability, tool design, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, and work documentation. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will drive process improvements, ensure production quality, and support new product development and scaling to full production. This includes optimizing existing processes, reducing costs, increasing efficiencies, and developing new products.

Requirements

Degree in a technical field preferred such as engineering, math, or a hard science
8+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
Demonstrated ability to contribute to the delivery of electromechanical 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.
Prior experience working with JIRA, Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), or Oracle (ERP) or equivalents
A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Nice To Haves

Experience with RF Products that require system AI&T (assembly, integration, and test)
Exposure to or interest in scaling product testing and production.
Hands-on experience with software & firmware flashing or end-of-line testing & troubleshooting
Software scripting experience in any language
Current active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain that includes Assembly, Integration & Test (AI&T) for electro-mechanical assemblies
Contribute to operational excellence with a strong continuous improvement mindset and leading impactful Kaizen events
Be a strong partner with Product Quality Engineering to drive and support RCCA burndowns that tackle key issues both internally and externally to EW Production
Collaborate with Design Engineering teams in early to late phases of the development process to provide DFx for smooth NPI transitions
Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production
Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building prototype hardware
Contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.