# Prototype Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical & Fluid Systems

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 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.

Anduril's Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) Manufacturing Engineering team is seeking a Prototype Manufacturing Engineer to execute first builds and prototype manufacturing across mechanical, structural, thermal management, and fluid systems subsystems.

As a Prototype ME, you are the first manufacturing engineer on a new build. You will work from incomplete design definitions to figure out how hardware goes together, build the first units, and document what you learn.

**Responsibilities**

- Execute first builds of new mechanical, structural, thermal, and fluid system hardware across AD&S programs, working from preliminary or incomplete design inputs.

- Develop MVP work instructions during and immediately after first builds.

- Establish preliminary BOM structures based on first-build experience.

- Provide structured design feedback to design engineers based on first-build observations.

- Document lessons learned from every first build and feed them directly to DFx engineers.

- Build and support Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) units.

- Identify and resolve manufacturing issues in real time on the shop floor during first builds.

- Develop or source prototype tooling, fixtures, and assembly aids needed for first builds.

- Work with SME manufacturing engineers to validate process assumptions.

- Support the transition of hardware from prototype to early production.

- Collaborate with quality engineering to identify inspection points and acceptance criteria.

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, prototype/development manufacturing, or NPI with hands-on involvement in building new hardware.

- Demonstrated experience executing first builds or first-article production of mechanical or electromechanical hardware with incomplete or evolving design inputs.

- Practical knowledge of mechanical manufacturing and assembly processes.

- Ability to read mechanical drawings, interpret GD&T, and work from 3D models.

- Experience writing work instructions, assembly procedures, or process documentation.

- Strong communication skills and a willingness to give direct, specific design feedback to design engineers.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience in aerospace or defense prototype/development manufacturing.

- Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) builds.

- Familiarity with AS9100 or similar quality management systems.

- Proficiency in CAD software.

- Experience with composite manufacturing processes.

- Experience with fluid system assembly.

- Familiarity with BOM management, ERP systems, or PLM tools.

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive health, recovery, and wellness programs.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Prototype Development
- Hardware Assembly
- Quality Control

### Nice to have
- Aerospace Engineering
- Composite Manufacturing
- Fluid System Assembly
- BOM Management
- ERP Systems

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