Anduril
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
$147K–$196K
Santa Ana, California, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in manufacturing engineering, including at least 3 years in direct leadership or management.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads manufacturing engineering and planning teams to define, scale, and qualify production of complex maritime hardware from R&D through high-rate production.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop manufacturing engineers and planners, and direct manufacturing roadmaps and qualification strategies.
- Oversee manufacturing plans, MES routings, work instructions, MBOM, and as-built configuration tracking.
- Lead producibility assessments and production improvement, coordinating with design, quality, supply chain, tooling, and operations.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a direct leadership or managerial capacity.
- Demonstrated success leading NPI teams and scaling multiple complex hardware products into high-rate production.
- Technical foundation in mechanical assembly, electrical integration, composite fabrication, or precision machining; hands-on MES and PDM software experience.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Maritime, naval, or aerospace defense experience; NAVSEA or MIL-SPEC knowledge; ERP, SPC, or automated assembly/test equipment experience; active Secret or Top Secret clearance.
Pay
$147,000 — $196,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MES (Forge), PDM, NAVSEA, MIL-SPEC, ERP, SPC
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