Anduril
Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda
$143K–$191K
Ashville, Ohio, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years; progressive leadership of complex production programs and scaling operations.
- Education
- Engineering or technical degree preferred, or equivalent depth of hands-on manufacturing experience.
About the job
Leads Barracuda’s manufacturing strategy and technology transfer to Arsenal-1, designing and scaling production systems for high-rate autonomous air vehicle manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Lead technology transfer from Anduril HQ and architect production lines, processes, MES, and quality systems at Arsenal-1.
- Establish manufacturing frameworks for yield, takt time, line balancing, root-cause analysis, and scaling; drive improvements in throughput, cost, and quality.
- Lead capital and manufacturing technology programs, resolve complex electromechanical production challenges, and develop organizational standards and engineering talent.
What they ask for
- 12+ years in electromechanical hardware manufacturing, including progressive leadership of complex production programs and scaling operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in electromechanical integration at production scale and a track record of standing up or transforming production lines.
- Mastery of manufacturing processes including RCCA, takt time, yield programs, MES strategy, and scaling operations.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- High-rate manufacturing in aerospace, defense, automotive/EV, or a similar precision environment; new-facility or major production-line standup experience.
- Harness and PCBA fabrication, SMT at scale, autonomous or flight systems, Lean Six Sigma, MES deployment, software scripting, or manufacturing technology contributions.
Pay
$143,000 — $191,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MES, RCCA, MBOMs, J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, SMT, Lean Six Sigma
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