Staff Technical Program & Manufacturing Engineer, Display Systems

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

You will join the Warfighter Systems team in Taiwan as a Staff Technical Program & Manufacturing Engineer to lead development and direct supplier engagement in building and delivering advanced AR/VR optical systems.

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Lead supplier engagements, manage timelines and deliverables, and align resources to ensure successful production-quality and successful delivery of complex display and optical systems.
• Build Management: Lead planning and execution of optical system build events across supplier sites.
• Technical Expertise: Understand the architecture, design, performance targets and manufacturing / test processes to guide design convergence and build management.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering teams, supplier partners and Anduril leadership.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks proactively, including technical, schedule, and production related risks.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with key supplier partners, ensuring program alignment with contractual obligations and stakeholder expectations.
• Process Improvement: Implement and refine processes to enhance program execution and efficiency within a startup environment.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Optics, Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering
• 8+ years of technical program management and manufacturing process development experience delivering hardware products
• Demonstrated experience taking a module or system from concept through qualification and into mass production
• Direct experience leading contract manufacturers and component suppliers
• Technical fluency in optics and optical manufacturing
• Experience owning hardware program schedules
• Fluency with NPI processes, phase-gate reviews, BOM and ECO management, and build readiness mechanisms
• Excellent written and verbal communication in both English and Mandarin
• Supplier-Embedded Presence: Willingness and ability to work primarily on-site at key supplier and contract manufacturing (CM) partner facilities
• Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25-50% across supplier networks and secondary manufacturing sites as needed
• Must Be Clearance Eligible

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in an engineering discipline, or an MBA
• Experience with optical components, ophthalmic or prescription lenses, optical coatings, and optical metrology
• Prior program leadership on a head-worn display, camera module, or other optics-intensive consumer or defense product
• Working knowledge of optical manufacturing processes
• Experience with capacity modeling, discrete-event simulation, or manufacturing analytics platforms
• PMP or Lean Six Sigma certification
• Experience standing up a new production line or qualifying a new supplier from scratch

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages.