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Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$129k - $171kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Manufacturing Engineer responsible for shaping manufacturing design, quality, and production readiness across the Barracuda missile program, covering design for manufacturability, process development, supplier collaboration, and documentation for hardware production.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
  • 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.
  • Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing product group hardware at scale, such as MBOM’s, work instructions & requirements, etc.
  • Advise on quality management and business application programs as they pertain to manufacturing within your area.
  • Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.
  • 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, or a hard science.
  • 5+ years in manufacturing or similar prototyping position.
  • 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:Design for ManufacturabilityMBOM and work instructionsQuality managementCapacity planning
Nice to have:Sourcing & supplier collaboration

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
  • top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health-related benefits
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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