Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Anduril Industries

• Degree in a technical field such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, math, or a hard science
• 5+ years of Operations experience in areas: Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Strategic Sourcing or in design of electromechanical hardware
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver 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
• A genuine interest in Operations and thirst for driving improvements
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Desirable

• As a key member of our team, you will own the manufacturing value chain for a specific set of products, overseeing both technical and commercial operations to ensure scalable production capabilities
• Your role will involve evaluating and optimizing supply chain processes, developing business cases for strategic partnerships, and making informed make-or-buy decisions to enhance production efficiency
• You will collaborate closely with contract manufacturers and engineering teams, addressing production challenges and driving continuous improvement to meet business objectives
• Own the manufacturing value chain for a certain set of products both technical and commercial operations; ensuring the capability to produce at needed scale
• Evaluate, plan, and prioritize long-term and short-term supply chain, production and test optimizations to ensure capability and reliability of value stream to meet business production output goals & business objectives
• Effectively develop and communicate business cases to support vertical integration or value stream diversification opportunities where strategic supply partnerships will accelerate the scalability of production output and product development
• Continuously evaluate make vs buy decisions for sub-assemblies in the value stream; break the system down into logical subassemblies and process flows resulting in a clear approach to maximize total cost of ownership and production capability & reliability (lead time & flexibility)
• Work with contract manufacturers within the critical product value stream to develop and execute repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production and testing
• Be on site at current and future operations partners managing technical and commercial needs for the value stream, solve ongoing production issues, improve capacity and evaluating potential partners
• Work with technicians and other engineers (SMEs) hands-on, building prototype and production product and supporting hardware for internal and external use
• Create documentation required for successfully manufacturing hardware at scale
• Reduce complexity: commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalization