Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda
Core
Shaping manufacturing design and ensuring production quality for Anduril's Missile division hardware, covering the entire value chain from prototyping to full-scale production.
Role type
Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Defense Hardware)
Builds
Missile division hardware systems for U.S. and allied military capabilities
Domain
Defense technology / Aerospace hardware manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design for Manufacturability (DFM), tool design and selection, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, documentation management, capacity planning, continuous improvement analysis, hardware fabrication (machining/fabrication/soldering/assembly)
Preferred skills
Production operation organization transformation, large-scale change management, Harness & PCBA fabrication, SMT processes, R/C and autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, control systems
Technologies
Lattice OS, SMT processes, flight controllers
Responsibilities
Execute manufacturing from initial prototyping through large full-scale production; Drive design for manufacturing best practices during development; Act as manufacturing liaison for mechanical fabrication and avionics; Own documentation for hardware production at scale (MBOMs, work instructions); Advise on quality management and business application programs; Collaborate on capacity planning; Analyze metrics for cost reduction and capacity increase; Develop production and test methodologies; Travel to suppliers and partner sites for sourcing and process implementation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
