# Lead Production Technician, Electromagnetic Warfare

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Irvine, California, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $37-$49 USD per hour
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Production Technician to join our manufacturing team at Anduril to support EW. As a Lead Production Technician, you will work on cutting-edge technology aimed at advancing the state-of-the-possible. You will lead a team of highly talented technicians to produce UAS for strategic military and commercial customers.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Leading a team of technicians in the production and delivery of UAS through factory acceptance

- Executing manufacturing operations, applying a higher level of knowledge and skills in hardware assembly, troubleshooting, and repair

- Utilizing reading and comprehension skills to follow documented build instructions

- Ensuring all operators are following safety procedures and standard work tasks

- Improving work area safety and efficiency through regular auditing and constant scrutiny

- Prioritizing work activities for operators to achieve target on-time delivery goals

- Handling multiple priorities, organizing workload, and meeting deadlines

- Being an active participant in 5S and continuous improvement activities

- Providing feedback on ways to improve the building process

- Completing transactions in computer production systems (MES, NetSuite, JIRA, SQL, Tableau) on a daily basis

- Assisting in weekly report-out of production progress, blockers, risks, and needs

- Being aware of the escalation path for problems that arise on the floor and following through to completion

- Ability to work on the line, provide training, and support new operator training as required

- Completing certification training and maintaining required certifications, as required

- Building a positive and collaborative team culture that promotes product knowledge, skills development, and cross-training

- Maintaining a regular and predictable work schedule

- Showing up every day with a high level of urgency and enthusiasm to get the job done

- Performing detailed daily record-keeping and reporting

The ideal candidate will have:

- 3+ years of experience in production-oriented manufacturing or electro-mechanical technician fields

- Prior experience leading a team either in-kind or directly, in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

- Experience working with ERP and MES systems (NetSuite, JIRA, SQL, Tableau)

- A full understanding of the product life cycle (NPI to scaled production), LEAN manufacturing principles, and change management (ECOs)

- Ability to interpret technical documentation (mechanical drawings, work instructions, building plans, equipment specs, electrical schematics, etc.)

- Extremely reliable, organized, and detail-oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills

- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data

- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities

Preferred qualifications include:

- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical field (engineering, business, or applied science)

- 2+ years in a lead or production operations role

- Prior hands-on experience with kit, model, or experimental builds

- Lean six sigma green belt certified

- Working knowledge of AS9100 standards and OSHA laws

- A&P certification a plus

- Experience in UAS industries

- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance

The salary range for this role is $37-$49 USD per hour.

## Skills

### Required
- production-oriented manufacturing
- electro-mechanical technician
- ERP and MES systems
- technical documentation
- U.S. Person status
- export-controlled data

### Nice to have
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Lean six sigma green belt certified
- A&P certification
- Experience in UAS industries

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