# Deputy Head of Production

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Ashville, Ohio
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $190,000-$252,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Defense

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

As the Altius Deputy Head of Production, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of defense manufacturing by leading the day-to-day operations and scaling of Anduril’s Altius product line at Arsenal-1.

## Responsibilities

- Production Ownership & Scaling: Own all day-to-day production outcomes and delivery schedules for the ALTIUS line at Arsenal-1. Execute ramp plans, scale manufacturing tooling and lines, and manage CapEx and project spend in accordance with program timelines.

- Leadership & Culture Building: Serve as an inspiring, visible leader on the factory floor. Build Arsenal-1’s operational culture from the ground up, instill a relentless sense of urgency, and actively mentor and develop frontline supervisors and technical leaders beneath you.

- Cross-Functional Execution: Direct and align on-site teams,including Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality, and tactical Supply Chain personnel,holding teams accountable to strict deadlines, output targets, and KPIs.

- Showpiece Facility Standards: Establish and maintain Arsenal-1 as a benchmark "showpiece" manufacturing facility,a world-class showcase of advanced aerospace manufacturing for customer, government, and VIP visits.

- Operational & Quality Excellence: Drive processes and systems needed to mature products to full-rate production. Embed an AS9100D-aligned "quality-first" culture and continuously optimize KPIs across scrap rates, efficiency, financial targets, and on-time delivery.

- Process & Technology Advancement: Advise on development and oversee the implementation of digital tools (PLM, ERP, MES, and QMS) to scale operations rapidly while maintaining tight configuration control.

- Own the 5 Pillars: Planning, Supply Chain, Production, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of proven experience overseeing the production, assembly, and testing of complex electromechanical or aerospace hardware.

- Strong leadership experience managing large (100+ person) manufacturing operations, with direct experience leading technicians, manufacturing engineers, and production teams.

- Demonstrated experience building or scaling production lines from the ground up (e.g., prototype-to-production scaling, greenfield site launches, or high-growth startup environments).

- Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, with a track record of building team culture, winning buy-in across all-hands environments, and communicating effectively upward and downward.

- A strong background in quality assurance and process discipline, with accountability to standards such as AS9100D.

- High ownership mindset with the ability to manage CapEx, headcount, and schedule milestones with intense urgency.

- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

- Ability to work onsite five days a week at our Ashville, OH campus (Arsenal-1), with initial flexibility to complete an onboarding/training rotation at HQ in Costa Mesa, CA.

## Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

## Skills

### Required
- manufacturing operations
- leadership
- quality assurance
- process discipline
- AS9100D

### Nice to have
- military background
- greenfield manufacturing facilities
- digital manufacturing toolchains

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