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Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Missiles

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Lead Manufacturing Engineer responsible for leading a manufacturing engineering team to drive process improvements, ensure production quality, and support development and implementation of new products for Anduril’s missiles program.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
  • Lead a team responsible for delivering on-time completion of development and production units within a product group.
  • Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
  • Act as a manufacturing lead for mechanical fabrication and avionics with subject matter expertise in these areas and key experience in design for manufacturability.
  • Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
  • Uphold and advise on quality management and business application programs as they pertain to manufacturing within your area.
  • Facilitate make versus buy decisions, and coordinate with internal supply chain teams to manage vendors to ensure quality deliveries on time.
  • Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.
  • Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives (cost reduction, QI reduction & capacity increase).
  • Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the manufacturing engineering product team.
  • Develop production and test methodologies and implement best practices to enable scaling production capabilities for larger, more complex products.
  • Travel to suppliers and partner sites to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement process procedures as required.

Qualifications

  • Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, a hard science or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
  • Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples.
  • An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
  • A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning.
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver 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.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Leadership and team managementDesign for ManufacturabilityProject and process leadershipQuality management

Benefits

  • Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive) available to full-time employees; details referenced via Explore Our Benefits site.
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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