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Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Anduril· Manufacturing Technology
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Santa Ana, CA$146k - $194kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead and scale manufacturing engineering and planning teams for complex maritime hardware, transitioning products from R&D to high-rate production in Santa Ana, CA, while enforcing robust, compliant processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and task a team of manufacturing engineers and planners to achieve departmental and company goals.
  • Define and execute the manufacturing roadmap and qualification strategies to rapidly transition complex maritime systems from R&D to full-rate production.
  • Direct the creation of manufacturing plans, optimize routings in the MES (Forge), and oversee the translation of 2D/3D drawings into clear shop-floor work instructions.
  • Own the strategy and execution for the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) and as-built configuration tracking from the EBOM.
  • Lead DFM, DFA, and DFT producibility assessments, driving upstream collaboration with design engineering to optimize for cost, quality, and scalability.
  • Lead root-cause analysis, statistical process validations, and yield optimization to resolve production discrepancies.
  • Act as the primary technical interface across Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Tooling, and Operations to manage schedules, resources, and budgets.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a direct leadership or managerial capacity.
  • Demonstrated success leading NPI teams and scaling multiple complex hardware products into high-rate production.
  • Deep technical foundation in mechanical assembly, electrical integration, composite fabrication, or precision machining.
  • Hands-on experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Product Data Management (PDM) software.
  • Proven track record using first-principles problem-solving to balance aggressive timelines, budgets, and resource allocation in a fast-paced environment.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:Manufacturing leadershipNPI leadershipMES (Forge)PDM/MBOM management

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.
  • Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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