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Senior Industrial Engineer

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Industrial Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Industrial Engineer to support simulation and optimization of manufacturing processes, collaborate across Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Business Operations, and help scale defense hardware production at Anduril's Arsenal-1 facility.

Responsibilities

  • Capture the current process including all physical constraints, business rules and detailed decision logic into a 3D simulation-based virtual factory to serve as process and operational knowledge base.
  • Create feasible results, plans and schedules for shop floor, warehouse, factory & supply chain execution in all relevant time ranges by ensuring that all scheduled operations are resource capacity, material, and timeline feasible.
  • Maintain an adaptive, data generated and driven virtual factory to always retain a “current status” digital reference model for determining future performance of the factory/supply chain whenever required for different transformation projects and investment decisions.
  • Own the design of new production lines and work station layouts, both for low rate and full-rate production, leveraging a data-driven approach
  • Proactively identify high variation processes, imbalances and bottlenecks caused by line layout, equipment constraints, staffing shortages, and other production inputs; flag constraints with the appropriate owners across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality and drive to resolution
  • Translate and drive action from metrics, KPIs, and reporting associated with monitoring production line health and efficiency, such as cycle time, throughput rate, capacity, utilization, and first pass yield
  • Produce and maintain capacity plans, balanced line layouts, staffing allocations, and time standards for manufacturing work content
  • Collaborate and drive operational improvements end-to-end for next-generation defense products as we scale in maturity and production rate.
  • Work across domains, from execution-based work to the strategic future state of a product or business line

Qualifications

  • 8+ years past experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Experience with Technomatix “Plant Sim” simulation software or equivalent DES (Promodel, FlexSim, Simio, etc,) OR basic knowledge in object-oriented computer programming (example languages: Python, R, C++, Java, etc.) OR working with large data sets with SQL or No-SQL
  • Ability to read technical documentation such as facility drawings, assembly drawings, technical specifications and procedures for manufacturing processes for electronics, mechanical and electromechanical assembly, system tests, and/or structures work
  • Ability to work in ambiguity
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Simulation and modelingProduction planning and schedulingData analysis and KPIs
Nice to have:Lean manufacturing / continuous improvement

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, recovery, and further support
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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