Senior Project Manager, Manufacturing Development

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Development Manager to grow and implement the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP).

The Manufacturing Development team defines the ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ for manufacturing, from new product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) to manufacturing operations.

The successful candidate will have a mix of both business and technical acumen, with a strong focus on the product lifecycle and concurrent engineering principles.

Responsibilities:

• Introduce the MDP framework to a diverse set of stakeholders and programs.
• Lead Manufacturing Engineering teams through MDP rollout and implementation for their specific product line.
• Communicate the importance of MDP and how it contributes to production success to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Articulate manufacturing readiness to cross-functional audiences.
• Facilitate phase gate evaluations alongside Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Champion Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Operations initiatives across teams and sites.
• Foster adoption and make business processes and frameworks actionable by creating tactical resources to implement them.
• Build relationships and influence change.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations, design engineering, change management, project management, program management, or engineering transformation.
• 8+ years of experience overall in relevant domains.
• Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production).
• Strong business acumen together with knowledge of hardware engineering and manufacturing domains.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines.
• Proven ability to execute operationally while also being able to step back and think strategically.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading organizational change.
• Experience successfully taking new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production.
• Deep knowledge of co-design, engineering, and manufacturing phases of the product lifecycle.

Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.