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Manager, Industrial Engineer

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

About the role

Anduril Industries seeks a Manager, Industrial Engineering to lead the team and strategy for scoping, standing up, and optimizing manufacturing operations with focus on quality, reliability, speed, and asset utilization in a fast-paced defense hardware environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the industrial engineering team, setting goals, providing direction, and evaluating performance over a product portfolio from prototyping through production.
  • Develop and execute strategic concepts for new manufacturing facilities and own key trades to differentiate production scale.
  • Guide and steer the design of new production lines and workstation layouts for low rate and full-rate production using data-driven approaches.
  • Set guiding objectives for manufacturing improvement aligned with roadmaps; drive continuous improvement for cost reduction, quality, and throughput.
  • Collaborate with production stakeholders across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Business Operations to identify high-variation processes and bottlenecks and drive resolution.
  • Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, ergonomic, regulatory, and quality standards across facility and processes.
  • Produce and maintain capacity plans, balanced line layouts, CapEx plans, staffing allocations, and time standards for current and future needs.
  • Work across execution and strategic horizons from current operations to future product/state.
  • Establish and maintain training and documentation programs to enhance skills and cross-functional knowledge sharing.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the industrial engineering department.
  • Serve as technical expert and point of contact for industrial engineering issues, guiding resolution of complex problems.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in industrial engineering in a managerial or supervisory role
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in industrial engineering roles, preferably in a high-growth environment
  • Proven track record of leading teams, developing new manufacturing lines, facilities, and concepts with cradle to grave ownership
  • Experience driving production scaling efforts in a manufacturing setting
  • World-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication
  • Genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
  • Excellent project management skills and experience leading cross-functional projects
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, especially in ambiguity
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Skills

Required:Industrial Engineering leadershipFactory design and production line layoutCapacity planning and CapEx planningCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and related support) as part of full-time employment
  • Equity grants commonly included in total compensation package
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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