# Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, Space

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology

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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.

We are seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead our manufacturing engineering efforts across multiple critical space programs.

### Responsibilities

#### Strategic and Technical Leadership:

- Recruit, mentor, develop, and lead a high-performing team of manufacturing engineers and integration & test engineers and foster a culture of innovation, excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Serve as the primary manufacturing engineering lead for several assigned space programs, ensuring technical alignment and execution.

- Oversee the development, implementation, and optimization of manufacturing processes for complex, high-precision space-qualified hardware.

- Drive the vision and strategy for growing Anduril's space program, identifying new opportunities and areas for innovation.

#### New Product Introduction:

- Ensure robust Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles are integrated throughout the product lifecycle.

- Lead Manufacturing Readiness Reviews (MRR) and production readiness assessments.

- Lead Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) and test campaign readiness assessments.

- Oversee the design, development, documentation, and optimization of manufacturing processes for highly complex, space components, sub-systems, and integrated systems.

- Establish and enforce rigorous quality control standards and inspection methods.

- Provide technical guidance on manufacturing facility layout, equipment selection, and tooling design.

#### Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Serve as the primary manufacturing engineering interface with Design Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, Test, and Operations.

- Collaborate with Supply Chain to assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, quality, and readiness for critical components.

- Support proposals, technical reviews, and customer briefings, representing manufacturing engineering capabilities and strategy.

### Required Qualifications:

- Degree in a technical field preferred such as engineering, math, or a hard science.

- At least 8+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably space and satellite manufacturing.

- Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment.

- Experience in unit-level/space vehicle/system integration, assembly, and environmental testing.

- Background in integration and testing of avionics/optical payloads, solar, propulsion, ADCS, or other space hardware.

- Proven team leadership skills.

- Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware through various methods.

- Possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately.

- Familiarity with CAD software, Manufacturing Execution systems, and ERP/MRP systems.

- A genuine interest in manufacturing and a thirst for learning, particularly in the space domain.

- Willingness to travel frequently (>25%) to support global manufacturing operations.

- Demonstrated success in scaling product testing and production.

- Active security clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance.

### Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in test hardware and software development.

- Software scripting experience in python.

- Experience writing test plans, procedures, and work instruction documentation.

- Ability to work effectively in space manufacturing environments.

- Demonstrated skill at driving and questioning design and customer requirements.

### Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

- Income Protection: Life and disability insurance.

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans.

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers.

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7.

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development.

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits.

- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax options.

## Skills

### Required
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Space Systems
- Leadership
- Design for Manufacturability
- Quality Control
- CAD Software
- Manufacturing Execution Systems
- ERP/MRP Systems

### Nice to have
- Python Scripting
- Test Hardware and Software Development
- Test Plans and Procedures

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