Project Manager, Industrial Engineering

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

The Manufacturing Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware. The Industrial Engineering team optimizes Anduril's manufacturing operations for innovative, high-volume, cost-effective manufacturing.

Project Planning and Execution

• Define project scope, create schedules, and manage all phases from conception to completion.
• Develop and manage project budgets, track costs, and ensure adequate staffing and tools are available.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations design engineering, business lines, and facilities.
• Lead initiatives across Anduril sites to solve ongoing production issues, set up new facilities and production lines, and support deployment and harmonization of Industrial Engineering across global sites.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Execute analyses on short timelines to get answers quickly, while considering more scalable solutions.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement.
• Facilitate data-driven decision-making by providing timely and accurate manufacturing information.

Systems and Processes Improvement

• Analyze best practices across teams and develop ways to standardize and implement across all teams.
• Assist in documenting and standardizing business procedures and reporting protocols.
• Collaborate with the digital tools team to evaluate solutions to improve the efficiency of industrial engineers.
• Support adoption tracking for new IE standards across distributed teams.

Capacity Planning and Management

• Work with space planning and capacity management teams to understand product and facility plans.
• Develop a playbook and tactical plans for product facility moves.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, data science, business, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with a focus on data analysis, program support, or process improvement.
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to think about problems in terms of numbers and data models.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• A reliable self-starter, highly organized, resourceful, with attention to detail.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with MES, ERP, and PLM systems.
• Familiarity with Confluence/JIRA, SharePoint, and Airtable.