# Manufacturing Operations Leader

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5070790007
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_be4d04e9-153

## Description

As a Manufacturing Operations Leader, you will be instrumental in ensuring the consistent, safe, and efficient production of high-quality products. You will drive initiatives to enhance manufacturing capabilities, maintain operational excellence, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve production goals.

This role requires a seasoned professional with a proven track record of commanding manufacturing environments and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

- Ensuring consistent, safe, and efficient production by leading initiatives to enhance product output and operational capabilities.

- Championing manufacturing optimization, driving cost reduction, quality improvement, productivity gains, and continuous improvement activities (including 5S) to boost utilization and uptime.

- Managing process capability and efficiency initiatives to reduce cycle times, increase yield, and prevent escapes.

- Championing cross-training and safety programs ensuring adherence to procedures, current training, incident documentation, and proactive hazard correction.

- Improving equipment, data and systems capability, managing Capex & asset lifecycle and integrating physical best practices

- Leading digital tool enhancements and integrating systematic best practices

- Supporting compliance with AS9100, FAR/DFAR, and MRA/MRL assessments, while collaborating on digital tool enhancements and integrating best practices.

Qualifications include:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing operations leadership, with a strong track record in driving production improvements and managing complex processes.

- Proven expertise in leading safety programs, implementing training, managing asset lifecycle and change control, and overseeing critical compliance standards (e.g., AS9100, FAR/DFAR).

- Demonstrated success in manufacturing optimization, including cost reduction, quality enhancement, productivity increases, and the application of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., 5S).

- Strong communication and project management skills, with the ability to articulate strategic initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver concise leadership reports.

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.

Preferred qualifications include experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, integrating hardware, software, and firmware in end system products, and familiarity with Process Verification and Validation (V&V) practices.

## Skills

### Required
- Manufacturing Operations Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Safety Programs
- Compliance Standards
- Project Management
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies
- Hardware, Software, and Firmware Integration
- Process Verification and Validation (V&V) Practices