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Manufacturing Lead – Surface Maritime
| Company | Anduril |
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| Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $108000 – $162000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Material Science, or proven experience in a relevant field minimum of 10 years experience, 2+ years of people leadership experience
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- Travel 25% to Customer and Test Sites
Responsibilities
- Lead the creation of a novel production system for Anduril’s surface vessels
- Own the relationships with Anduril’s key manufacturing partners for surface vessel production, managing their progress and holding them accountable for cost, quality and delivery through a phase of rapid product development and manufacturing ramp
- Provide design-for-manufacturability (DfM) feedback to the design team, ensuring our ability to scale
- Complete and maintain capacity analysis for our surface products, understanding at all times the limiting factors for scaling production and initiating interdisciplinary projects to remove them
- Complete and maintain product NRE and COGS models to understand the major cost drivers of NPI and production
- Contribute to major CapEx planning, including facility expansion and factory design
- Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing, integrating and testing hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc
- Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building prototype hardware
- Integrate and immerse yourself in Anduril’s product development approach and build effective relationships with personnel across multiple business lines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Experience running complex external projects, such as a production ramp at a contract manufacturer
- Experience owning commercial responsibility (cost) for complex external projects
- Experience driving process improvements in a manufacturing setting
- Familiarity with maritime systems and military customers
- Experience working with prototype and production manufacturing methods – large format 3D printing, casting, welding, machining, stamping, etc. Familiar with the supply chain and vendor management for these technologies.
- Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.). Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus
