Anduril
2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer
$86K–$114K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +5 · Entry level · Full-time · Posted Jul 2, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Irvine, California, United States
Santa Ana, California, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Irvine, California, United States
Santa Ana, California, United States - Experience
- 1+ years in a relevant field; manufacturing or electromechanical hardware design preferred.
- Education
- A degree in a technical field such as engineering or manufacturing.
About the job
Supports and improves high-rate manufacturing of Anduril unmanned aerial systems, bridging product design, prototyping, and production.
What you'll do
- Provide daily production support and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware issues.
- Work with design and production teams to improve manufacturability and transition products into rate production.
- Create manufacturing documentation and tooling, contribute to hardware design, and analyze metrics for continuous improvement.
What they ask for
- Technical degree, such as engineering or manufacturing.
- 1+ years of relevant experience, preferably in manufacturing or electromechanical hardware design.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment and examples of team leadership.
- Hands-on hardware manufacturing experience, such as machining, fabrication, soldering, or assembly; U.S. Person status required for access to export-controlled data.
Nice to have
- Experience building production operations from scratch; harness or PCBA fabrication, mechanical system design and analysis, or ownership of a complex electromechanical product bill of materials.
- Personal or extracurricular project work.
Pay
$86,000 — $114,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
UAS, Lattice OS
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