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Senior NPI Engineer

Anduril· Manufacturing : Undersea Dominance - Production : Manufacturing Engineering
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Hybrid (Sydney)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior NPI Engineer responsible for end-to-end New Product Introduction for Anduril’s undersea portfolio, turning new design into production, driving cross-functional readiness, and establishing repeatable NPI processes across multi-site production.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end NPI plan and readiness schedule for assigned programs, aligning engineering releases, supply chain execution and production work-ups against a single build date.
  • Define and assess production readiness of product engineering — completeness at gate entry, manufacturing baseline maturity, and readiness to commit long-lead spend and convening the right functions to resolve readiness gaps.
  • Run cross-functional NPI planning forums that align engineering outputs to production system inputs, escalating issues and managing production starts.
  • Align internal Production scope to support readiness — quality plans, inspection instructions, work instructions, tooling and fixturing.
  • Drive gate and Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) readiness, including the evidence that each function has done what the gate assumes.
  • Represent Production at the Change Control Board, so change entering the production system is understood against the build schedule.
  • Run DFx reviews that surface manufacturability opportunities early and flow production issues and observations back into design.
  • Build the function as you run it: publish standardised guidance on what engineering inputs must contain, their expected maturity, format and audience; objective production-readiness checklists; gate-stage DFX criteria and review cadence; and a repeatable method for coordinating multi-site NPI.
  • Own factory-to-factory transfer for new production sites, flowing down NPI data as it becomes transferable, so day-1 scope at a receiving site is planned rather than inherited.
  • Resolve emergent multi-site NPI issues — design-versus-production jurisdiction, supply chain alternates, localisation questions and escalate with a recommendation.
  • Track risks, issues and actions with clear mitigation and escalation.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronic, Industrial or Process Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including direct involvement in New Product Introduction or design-to-production transition.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a product moving from engineering definition into a production environment, against a committed date.
  • Strong programme and schedule management skills, with a proven ability to drive complex cross-functional work to a deadline.
  • Technical credibility to interrogate an engineering release — drawings, BOMs, configuration and change records — and form an independent view on whether it is production-ready.
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing and quality systems, engineering change workflows (ECR/ECO), and BOM/PLM structures.
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Skills

Required:NPI planning and schedulingGate/Readiness processes (MRR, ECR/ECO)DFx (design for manufacturability) reviewsChange Control Board representationCross-functional leadership without direct authority

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package for full-time employees.
  • Equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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