Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer - Automation

andurilindustries

Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa · United States

Posted Jul 13, 2026

Full-time
Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Development

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Manufacturing Development team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer to join our team. The team defines the ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ for manufacturing, from advanced manufacturing engineering to NPI to manufacturing operations.

ABOUT THE JOB

This role includes championing Design for Automation and working closely with our Automation Engineers to ensure we’re capturing best practices and lessons learned from automation implementation across the company. This person will also help create any frameworks, guides, processes, around how manufacturing engineers should think about automation as a solution. If you are excited to distill Anduril’s vision for production and the manufacturing lifecycle into actionable initiatives and deploy them across manufacturing teams and sites, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Define, lead and manage manufacturing engineering and operations initiatives from ideation through targeted pilots and broad roll-out.
Collaborate closely with both manufacturing and automation engineers to deeply understand their pain points, needs, and the intricacies of their workflows.
Champion best practices across global manufacturing engineering teams. Define and share what good looks like, and define the best method and strategy to do so.
Facilitate early engagement and education about manufacturing engineering role and responsibility with cross-functional teams including product design, supply chain, business line, configuration management, quality, and EHS.
Own new business processes for the broader manufacturing engineering organization (inclusive of Industrial, Automation, Mfg Test, and Digital Tools). Balance standardization with adaptability for scalable, high-impact solutions.
Identify areas of improvement on programs and provide actionable recommendations. Provide guidance on feasibility and risk for new manufacturing or automation projects
Align manufacturing engineering and automation milestones with integrated program schedule.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, automation engineering, integration and test, manufacturing operations, design engineering, digital manufacturing, program management, or engineering transformation.
6+ years of experience overall in relevant domains.
Proven experience working through large scale, complex product integration
Extensive experience collaborating with stakeholders to implement or improve products, tools, or manufacturing processes
Proven experience successfully transitioning new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production.
Business impact mindset
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

8 – 10+ years experience in relevant domains.
Experience leading organizational change.
Experience from engineering to production with deep knowledge of development, co-design, and engineering phases of product lifecycle.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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