Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda
Core
Shaping manufacturing design and ensuring production quality for Anduril's Missile division hardware, covering the entire value chain from prototyping to full-scale production.
Role type
Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Defense Hardware)
Builds
Missile division hardware systems for U.S. and allied military capabilities
Domain
Defense technology / Aerospace hardware manufacturing
Required skills
Design for Manufacturability (DFM), tool design and selection, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, documentation management, capacity planning, continuous improvement analysis, hardware fabrication (machining/fabrication/soldering/assembly)
Preferred skills
Production operation organization transformation, large-scale change management, Harness & PCBA fabrication, SMT processes, R/C and autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, control systems
Technologies
Lattice OS, SMT processes, flight controllers
Responsibilities
Execute manufacturing from initial prototyping through large full-scale production; Drive design for manufacturing best practices during development; Act as manufacturing liaison for mechanical fabrication and avionics; Own documentation for hardware production at scale (MBOMs, work instructions); Advise on quality management and business application programs; Collaborate on capacity planning; Analyze metrics for cost reduction and capacity increase; Develop production and test methodologies; Travel to suppliers and partner sites for sourcing and process implementation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
