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Production Program Manager, Space

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

About the role

Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team seeks a Production Program Manager to plan, direct, and measure the seamless execution and integration of the production work stream across multiple functions for space vehicle assembly, integration and test, and to own the manufacturing and AIT execution plan within Anduril’s Manufacturing Development Process.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with planning, production, manufacturing engineering, design engineering, supply chain, quality, launch operations and business line leadership on strategic priorities and delivery commitments.
  • Own the integrated manufacturing and AIT schedule across multiple product lines: build it, maintain it as the schedule of record, and run the critical path and execution-risk analysis leadership decides from.
  • Drive execution against that schedule week to week: convene the cross-functional cadence, hold owners to dates, surface slips early with quantified impact, and drive recovery plans rather than reporting variance after the fact.
  • Define, deploy and monitor manufacturing KPIs from New Product Introduction through full rate production per Anduril's Manufacturing Development Process, and build the gate-readiness and critical-path reporting leadership acts on.
  • Build and maintain the production cost model with Sourcing, Manufacturing Engineering and Finance to inform strategic decisions on production design, operations and resource allocation.
  • Serve as the manufacturing and AIT counterpart to program managers and chief engineers, carrying delegated authority to conduct manufacturing and AIT gates.
  • Own manufacturing and AIT risk: maintain the risk register, quantify schedule and cost exposure, drive mitigation to closure, and make trade-offs explicit.
  • Integrate manufacturing engineering, test operations and MEP process steps into the program plan and ensure funding within NRE.
  • Represent production up and out: contribute proposal and Basis of Estimate content, present at milestone reviews, and brief customers and business line leadership on status, readiness and risk.
  • Engage principal vendors and partners alongside Sourcing to hold delivery commitments and contract compliance and integrate milestones into the schedule as dependencies with real dates.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • 8+ years in program, project or production management in aerospace, space, defense or another complex hardware industry.
  • 3+ years owning schedule and execution for a hardware program.
  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:Program managementScheduling (MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet)Risk management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees (health, recovery, and related supports).
  • Equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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