Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering — Autonomous Airpower

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ABOUT THE TEAM</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Air Dominance and Strike Division is one of Anduril's fastest growing, most technically complex divisions. We develop and build collaborative combat aircraft, missiles, and the software that powers these autonomous weapons. We are scaling production of autonomous aircraft across our manufacturing facilities. Manufacturing Engineering drives process development, production readiness, and the transition from prototype to rate — ensuring that what Design engineers create can be built reliably, repeatedly, and at scale.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ABOUT THE JOB</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anduril is seeking a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead ME strategy and execution across the Autonomous Airpower portfolio. This is not a single-program role — you will be the manufacturing engineering voice across every aircraft program in the portfolio, from early concept through full-rate production. You will work directly with chief engineers, program managers, and the growth team to shape what gets built, how it gets built, and whether it can be built on cost and on schedule.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are the first person from the ME organization that program managers and growth leads turn to when evaluating emerging capabilities. You provide the manufacturing perspective on what is realistic and achievable — grounding engineering ambitions in production reality. You understand every phase of the aircraft lifecycle: DFM input during design, participation in design reviews, prototype and first-article builds, LRIP standup, and the transition to full-rate production. You know what it takes to go from a clean-sheet aircraft concept to hardware rolling off a production line.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will build and lead a team of manufacturing engineers, set the technical direction for the ME organization, and represent manufacturing engineering to directors and executives. This role requires someone who has lived aircraft manufacturing — not managed it from a distance — and who can move fluidly between a factory floor conversation and an executive review.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></span></p>

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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead manufacturing engineering strategy and execution across the full Autonomous Airpower portfolio, spanning multiple aircraft programs in various stages of maturity</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as the primary ME point of contact for program managers and the growth team on emerging capabilities — providing early-stage assessments of manufacturability, cost, schedule, and production feasibility</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Partner with chief engineers and design leadership during all phases of engineering development, from concept trades and DFM input through design reviews, prototype builds, LRIP, and full-rate production</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of manufacturing engineers across disciplines — structures, mechanical systems, fluid systems, propulsion, avionics, and harnessing</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive cross-functional alignment between engineering, supply chain, manufacturing operations, program management, quality, and leadership to ensure production readiness across programs</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own the ME cost and schedule position for your portfolio — developing estimates, tracking execution, identifying risks, and presenting status to directors and executives</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Represent manufacturing engineering in executive reviews, program gate reviews, and customer-facing discussions, translating production realities into clear, actionable information for senior leadership</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish manufacturing engineering standards, processes, and best practices that scale across programs and production sites</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate and advise on make-vs-buy decisions, capital investments, and production strategies based on deep knowledge of aircraft manufacturing capabilities and constraints</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive production readiness across the portfolio — MBOMs, process maturity, tooling readiness, rate-readiness assessments — ensuring programs are set up to succeed at each production milestone</span></li>

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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></span></p>

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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">12+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace or defense, with significant time spent on aircraft programs</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deep, hands-on knowledge of aircraft manufacturing across multiple disciplines — structures/composites, mechanical systems, fluid systems, avionics, harnessing, or propulsion</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience across the full aircraft production lifecycle: DFM, design reviews, prototype/first-article builds, LRIP, and full-rate production</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of experience leading and developing manufacturing engineering teams</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to assess emerging programs and provide credible manufacturing cost, schedule, and feasibility inputs</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience presenting manufacturing status, risks, and recommendations to director-level and executive audiences</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong cross-functional leadership — proven ability to drive alignment across engineering, operations, supply chain, program management, and business leadership</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing manufacturing engineering budgets and cost positions across multiple programs</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance</span></li>

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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></span></p>

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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience standing up new aircraft production lines from scratch — from facility planning through rate production</span></li>

<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience working directly with growth or business development teams to shape proposals and production strategies for new aircraft programs</span></li>

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