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Lead Manufacturing Test Engineer

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Production Test
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Lead by example in a small team to own and optimize production testing across the manufacturing value stream, delivering improvements in automation, throughput, test coverage, and data analytics while ensuring high-quality, throughputs-aligned production testing for Anduril’s hardware systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead by example a small group of engineers, coordinating projects to deliver production improvements.
  • Maintain ownership of test activities in production and ensuring production test flow. Provide hands-on troubleshooting efforts and resolve complex electrical issues found during testing.
  • Maintain test capabilities across the manufacturing value stream - from system level checkouts and acceptance testing to key component level in process validation.
  • Improve and sustain existing test systems to improve automation, consistency, total cycle time, and test coverage (DfM).
  • Determine root cause of product failures and recommend appropriate corrective actions (RCCA).
  • Work with Design, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering teams to support customer returns and failure analysis.
  • Contribute feedback to early-stage test design for test processes supporting early-stage products (NPI).
  • Analyze test data, document results, and provide detailed reports to identify defects and areas for improvement.
  • Optimize test strategies for efficiency and effectiveness, reducing test time without compromising quality.
  • Maintain and calibrate test equipment to ensure precision and reliability.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance testing processes and methodologies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields OR 10+ years of advanced knowledge acquired through work experience and/or intellectual instruction in lieu of degree.
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience with emphasis on manufacturing test and product sustainment.
  • 1+ years of leadership or cross-functional project management experience
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Familiarity with Python and Linux
  • Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, function generators, spectrum analyzers, data acquisition and measurement sensors
  • Experience with test automation.
  • Strong root cause analysis skills of non-conforming hardware.
  • Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Familiar with Product Life Cycle (PLM) systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and Test Execution Systems (TES)
  • Experience working on projects that involve the integration of electrical, mechanical, and software/firmware systems.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Leadership / project managementLinuxTest automationRoot cause analysisElectrical / electromechanical hardware

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and others) as part of Anduril's comprehensive package
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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