Drimva

Anduril

Industrial Engineering Lead, Maritime Production System Design

$183K–$243K

Santa Ana, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026

Experience
10+ years is preferred, not required.
Education
No degree required. A bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, operations research, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.

About the job

Leads design and modeling of the maritime factory production system, including integrated schedules, capacity, workflows, and production controls.

What you'll do

  • Design factory layouts, material flows, production sequencing, buffers, and capacity plans; validate capacity using discrete-event simulation.
  • Build and maintain production models and integrated schedules across programs and shared resources, reflecting changing demand and capacity.
  • Set production-system design direction, conduct trade studies, and provide requirements and reviews for engineering firms and consultants.

What they ask for

  • Background in industrial engineering, production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations; no degree required.
  • Experience with critical chain, theory of constraints, or buffer management.
  • Experience in a low-volume, high-mix, or engineered-to-order environment, including demonstrated capacity or rate modeling.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

  • 10+ years in production system design, factory design, or manufacturing engineering for large complex products, including ownership of a capacity or rate commitment.
  • Shipyard or aerospace final-assembly experience; greenfield or major-expansion factory experience; MES/ERP or Aurora scheduling system fluency.

Pay

$183,000 — $243,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

LOKI, Forge, Odoo, SAP, Solumina, Oracle, Aurora

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