Manufacturing Engineer, Bolt

Anduril Industries
Santa Ana, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for hands-on engineers who have owned technical challenges and built physical solutions, preferably in defense or electromechanical hardware, with a focus on rapid iteration and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior ownership of technical challenges and physical manufacturing experience in defense or electromechanical systems
    — “the right person for this role can demonstrate past holistic ownership on solving a technical challenge with a creative, physical, solution”
  • Individuals experienced in tool design, process optimization, and working with contract manufacturers across multiple disciplines
    — “Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.)”
  • Candidates who have a track record of creating documentation for hardware manufacturing at scale
    — “Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale”

Things to consider

  • U.S. Person status is mandatory due to export-controlled data access requirements
    — “U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data”
  • The role involves travel to suppliers for sourcing and quality implementation
    — “Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize personal or extracurricular hardware manufacturing projects in your resume and interviews
    — “Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.”
  • Highlight experience with process flow development and subassembly breakdowns in your application materials
    — “Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes”
  • Demonstrate your ability to lead teams or projects with specific examples of in-kind leadership
    — “Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • 2+ years of experience in manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
  • demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
Typical background
Manufacturing EngineerElectromechanical Hardware Designer

Skills & requirements

Required

Design For ManufacturabilityTool Design & SelectionProcess Creation & OptimizationVendor Sourcing & InteractionQuality PlanningWork Documentation

Preferred

PCBA Fabrication Experience

Stack & domain

Design For ManufacturabilityTool Design & SelectionProcess Creation & OptimizationVendor Sourcing & InteractionQuality PlanningWork DocumentationPCBA FabricationElectromechanical Hardware DesignBoard Fabrication And InspectionTeam LeadershipProblem-solvingCommunicationDefense TechnologyManufacturingElectromechanical Hardware

About the role

Original posting from Anduril Industries via Greenhouse

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.

Manufacturing Engineering, Bolt

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Manufacturing team is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. The Manufacturing Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware, including static equipment, moving ground equipment, and flight vehicles. This responsibility includes everything in the manufacturing value-chain, including, but not limited to, Design for Manufacturability work, tool design & selection, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing & interaction, quality planning, and work documentation associated with the hardware that the Manufacturing Engineer owns.

The right person for this role can demonstrate past holistic ownership on solving a technical challenge with a creative, physical, solution that they either personally manufacturing or oversaw manufacturing on, in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment. If you are someone who thrives in such an environment, then this role is for you. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for a certain product or set of products

Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts

Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes

Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.

Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production

Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building prototype hardware

Contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.

Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science

2+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware

Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment

Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples

Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.

A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning

U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes

Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems

Software scripting experience in any language

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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To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

Please always verify communications:

Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.

Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com. 

Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/. 

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

Source: Anduril Industries careers (Greenhouse)

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