Anduril
Staff Project Engineer, AD&S
$183K–$243K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in manufacturing engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Owns manufacturing engineering stage-gate execution across Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike programs and provides manufacturing expertise on cross-functional projects.
What you'll do
- Drive complete, technically accurate, on-time MDP and PDP manufacturing deliverables, including review presentations and action-item closure.
- Represent Manufacturing Engineering on cross-functional projects and resolve manufacturing readiness issues with partner teams.
- Improve stage-gate processes, maintain templates and standards, and mentor manufacturing engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including product development processes, stage-gate reviews, and manufacturing readiness assessments.
- Production-floor experience building, testing, or directly supporting hardware manufacturing.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
- Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience, particularly with qualified or flight-critical hardware programs.
Pay
$183,000 — $243,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AS9100/AS9102, CAD
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