Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Special Projects

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Special Projects

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for special projects, you will work across stakeholder to drive the development of new production facilities. The right person for this role has developed a production facility capable meeting the requirements of multiple product lines, groups, or businesses. If you are someone who wants to develop flexible, creative approaches to manufacturing and develop unified solutions for lots of stakeholders, then this role is for you.

What You'll Do

Site and Process Flow Design

• Create and own integrated solutions for Anduril's production requirements with lean manufacturing principles, linear flow, and visual management top of mind. That development will include detailed layout alternatives, production flows, space allocations across programs and products, expansion planning, and operating scenarios
• Question requirements across product design, layout design, and facility design to ensure that Anduril adopts the most cost- and schedule-effective solutions for our factories while meeting the needs of our business lines
• Support design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the production line(s), material flow, and production support processes at new factory sites to ensure successful delivery of the factory and its outputs
• Drive collaboration across manufacturing engineering, operations teams, facilities and construction, environmental safety & health, and finance to deliver creative and effective production solutions
• Interface with external vendors to support the design, construction, and commissioning of new facilities

Capacity Analysis

• Maintain and understand production capacity plans and constraints across several demand scenarios and several product lines
• Provide strategic recommendations on product transitions and allocations across sites to optimize manufacturing resources using a data-driven approach. Buy down risk to meet production timelines in new facilities
• Develop levers across labor, equipment and facilities to understand how Anduril can increase or decrease throughput with varying levels of investment

Business Case Development

• Analyze proposed production flows based on CapEx, headcount, or process changes, developing cohesive analysis and return on investment studies
• Create analytical tools to address delivery, capacity, and cost issues and guide leadership decision-making

Required Qualifications

• You have 8+ years of experience as program manager, industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer, or production/process engineer for hardware products
• You have experience with factory layout development in CAD for manufacturing processes and facilities, including analysis of competing options that prioritize contrasting business priorities
• You can work hands-on in a manufacturing environment and draw key learnings that are then used to optimize the production systems
• You have experience with capacity planning and business operating scenario analysis
• You don't wait on others to solve problems. You proactively step into the gap to offer solutions yourself
• You are comfortable with and good at communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at-times require comms to large groups and senior leadership
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work with architecture and infrastructure engineering partners and/or general contractors to build, improve or modify production facilities
• Experience with energetics manufacturing processes and facilities and have experience with explosive site safety plans
• Process improvement, including justification of return on investment for process or operational changes
• Application of lean manufacturing and linear flow principles in a production environment
• Automation development for manufacturing processes in assembly, integration, test, and finishing operations
• Ergonomic studies at the work station and work element level
• Experience with leveraging data from MES and ERP to effectively production, inventory, and capacity plan

US Salary Range: $146,000 - $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
• Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
• Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
• Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
• Annual reimbursement for professional development.
• Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Available depending on role eligibility.
• Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
• Pension plan with employer match.
• Superannuation plan.