Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems and defense technology to protect US and allied forces. Creating the future of national security through AI, robotics, and cutting-edge engineering. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and a16z.
About the role
As the Director of Manufacturing Engineering for EW, you will provide strategic oversight and tactical management of manufacturing engineering to support both the development of new products and the scaling of high-volume production. You are charged with ensuring rigorous manufacturing processes are in place, resulting in the consistent delivery of superior quality defense hardware to our customers. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field, Master's degree or MBA preferred
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering and operations, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing manufacturing engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience owning manufacturing value chains for complex electromechanical hardware — defense, aerospace, or adjacent industries strongly preferred
- Strong background in make-vs-buy analysis, contract manufacturer management, and supplier development for precision hardware
- Experience managing NPI and scaling production in high-growth environments with condensed timelines
- Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
More about this role
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.
Anduril's Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Manufacturing team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware for Electromagnetic Warfare. This responsibility spans the full manufacturing value chain — from Design for Manufacturability through full-rate production — including tool design and selection, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, system integration, and work documentation for the hardware our engineers...
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