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Staff Mechanical Product Engineer (Platform)

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Systems Engineering
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Sydney, NSWFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior staff mechanical product engineer focusing on production floor design engineering, MRB management, and design-to-production interfacing across multiple sites to drive systemic improvements and reduce nonconformances.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary design engineering point of contact on the production floor for assigned programs and product lines
  • Represent the design authority at Material Review Board (MRB), working with Quality and Manufacturing to minimise production hold time without compromising product safety and integrity
  • Resolve production process-blockers, design ambiguities, and drawing interpretation issues in real time, exercising engineering judgement within defined authority boundaries
  • Provide rapid-response engineering support and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to Production, Quality, and Test teams for part and sub-assembly nonconformance resolution, use-as-is/rework/scrap decisions, and repair dispositions
  • Identify and escalate systemic design issues to core Design Engineering teams with clear problem statements, data, and recommended corrective actions
  • Support the translation of design intent into production-executable work across multiple product versions, configurations, and manufacturing sites
  • Support the stand-up and ramp of production at new or expanding manufacturing sites, ensuring design engineering knowledge transfers effectively
  • Raise and implement engineering changes to correct production issues that originate in the design, through the Anduril configuration management and change process
  • Feed production observations, failure modes and DFM/DFA opportunities back into Platform Mechanical design work through structured feedback, prioritised using data
  • Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering on work instruction (WI) development, tooling validation, and First Article Inspection (FAI) activities, communicating the design intent and acceptance criteria
  • Own the resolution of EBOM discrepancies found in production, and give engineering input to Configuration Management and Manufacturing Engineering on PLM workflows, BOM reconciliation and work instruction tooling
  • Identify patterns across nonconformances, test failures and build issues, and lead engineering root cause analysis and design corrective action implementation
  • Collaborate on the improvement of key tool and functional interfaces (PLM workflows, digital work instructions, BOM reconciliation) that impact design-to-production efficiency
  • Support the development of scalable frameworks for multi-site production: configuration management alignment, site-specific work instruction adaptation, and cross-site lesson-learned sharing
  • Build repeatable playbooks for standing up production of new product variants, reducing ramp time and first-unit defects at each additional site
  • Maintain strong working relationships with Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, and Program Management to ensure aligned priorities and rapid issue resolution
  • Track and report key metrics: disposition turnaround, repeat-discrepancy rate on owned hardware, nonconformances closed by design change, and how many nonconformance types are covered by repair and disposition guides
  • Collate and drive corrective actions on design-originated production issues, providing data-backed prioritisation to core Design Engineering teams
  • Participate in Production readiness reviews, design reviews (P&DFMEA, DFM/A/T) and engineering change assessments

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
  • 10+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing or production environment, with at least 4 years in defense, aerospace or automotive
  • Mechanical design and analysis capability to justify use-as-is and repair dispositions (hand calculations, tolerance analysis, FEA)
  • Demonstrated experience working on or directly supporting a production floor in a hands-on engineering capacity
  • Strong understanding of Material Review Board (MRB) processes, nonconformance management, and engineering disposition (use-as-is, rework, scrap, return to vendor)
  • Experience with ISO 9001 quality management systems and associated production quality processes
  • Ability to interpret engineering GD&T drawings, specifications and to explain design intent to production personnel
  • Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations or production transfers between facilities
  • Working knowledge of configuration management, engineering change order (ECO) processes, and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance

Skills

Required:Engineering judgmentDesign authority integrityCross-functional influenceAutonomy & initiative

Benefits

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

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