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Cleanroom Manager, Space

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering
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Costa Mesa$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team is seeking a Cleanroom Manager to own the day-to-day operation, readiness, and discipline of three space manufacturing lab spaces (HQA space lab, 3030 temporary cleanroom, and a new ISO 5–8 facility) across multiple sites, manage contamination-control programs, safety, equipment and materials flow, and help transition work into the new facility.

Responsibilities

  • Own the daily operation and readiness of all three Space Manufacturing lab spaces — the HQA space lab, the 3030 temporary cleanroom (under construction), and the new facility (under construction) — including gowning/anterooms, air showers, test bays, subassembly and assembly zones, and storage, so build and test run without lab-driven downtime.
  • Own the contamination-control program for each cleanroom (ISO 5–8): gowning protocols and throughput, continuous particle monitoring, cleanroom certification cadence, and consumables (garments, gloves, wipes) stock and flow.
  • Manage lab equipment, assets, and material flow across the sites: check-in/check-out and asset tracking, calibration and metrology scheduling (in-house and vendor), preventive maintenance, tool/fixture readiness, and receiving/kitting/stores/consumables flow in coordination with supply chain and quality.
  • Serve as the day-to-day lab point of contact for safety: enforce safe work practices, oversee hazardous-material and specialty-gas handling and storage in the labs, and partner with EHS on chemical handling, permits, and audits.
  • Serve as the lab’s voice to corporate facilities and shared services: define what each space needs, and coordinate with facilities/maintenance and outside vendors on AHUs, environmental monitoring, compressed and specialty gases (including nitrogen purge), repairs, moves, and space changes to keep systems in spec and serviced.
  • Drive lab standards and documentation: cleanroom operating procedures, gowning and contamination-control work instructions, safety procedures, and the certification/monitoring records that keep every space audit-ready.
  • Lead the transition of work into the new facility as it comes online — plan space, systems, and support-staff needs for each phase, help stand up new areas, and manage the wind-down of temporary space as capability moves.
  • Partner with AI&T, manufacturing engineering, and program teams to sequence work across the sites and keep WIP moving.
  • Operate as a working lead: perform the hands-on lab, cleanroom, and equipment work directly while helping hire, mentor, and direct the technicians and specialists the sites need as they scale

Qualifications

  • 5+ years operating or managing a manufacturing lab, cleanroom, or comparable controlled production environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical/science discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience operating or managing an ISO-classified cleanroom (ISO 5–8 or equivalent) or other contamination-controlled environment.
  • 2+ years working with cleanroom systems — environmental and particle monitoring, gowning and air-shower discipline, cleanroom certification requirements, and working knowledge of the HVAC/AHUs that support them.
  • Hands-on safety experience with hazardous-material and compressed/specialty-gas handling and storage, including 1+ year acting as a floor- or lab-level safety point of contact.
  • Experience managing lab equipment, a calibration/metrology program, and asset tracking across 50+ tools/assets (or a comparable-scale lab), plus receiving/inventory/consumables flow.
  • Experience owning readiness for 2+ distinct lab or cleanroom spaces (or a multi-room/multi-building site) at once, including coordinating moves and stand-up of new space.
  • 2+ years leading or mentoring a team (formal management or team-lead), with the ability to stay hands-on in the day-to-day while helping hire and develop others.
  • Experience building and enforcing procedures and keeping a lab audit ready, and willing to work on-site full-time in a fast-paced hardware environment, coordinating across engineering, operations, quality, and vendors.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.

Skills

Required:Lab operations managementContamination-control programsSafety and hazardous-material handling

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees).
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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