Anduril Industries

2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril Industries$86K — $114K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • A degree in a technical field (engineering or manufacturing)
  • 1+ years of experience in manufacturing or electromechanical design
  • Ability to deliver hardware in resource-constrained environments
  • Demonstrated team leadership skills
  • Experience in manufacturing hardware (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly)
  • Genuine interest in manufacturing and continuous learning
  • Must be a U.S. Person for export control access

Responsibilities

  • Support product lines daily to resolve mechanical and electrical issues
  • Collaborate with design engineers to implement design for manufacturing best practices
  • Work with production teams to meet customer demand through problem-solving
  • Document processes for manufacturing hardware at scale
  • Develop innovative tooling solutions for assembly
  • Contribute to hardware design relating to interconnects and fabrication
  • Analyze data for continuous improvement initiatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package at little to no cost
  • Support for health and recovery
  • Additional support for future needs
  • High-quality equity grants included in compensation
  • Investment in employee development and well-being
Full Job Description


ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's team is seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Engineer who is early in their career and wants to join our rapidly growing team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between cutting-edge design and efficient, high-volume production for our advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) like Bolt, Ghost, Anvil, and future autonomous platforms.

As our team continues to quickly grow, we are looking for motivated candidates that are inspired to work within an extremely energetic, creative, and innovative team that is passionate about drone technology and high-rate production. We work in a highly dynamic environment where collaboration and idea sharing are a way of life.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Provide daily sustaining support to ensure each product line performs as intended, including real-time problem-solving related to mechanical fitment issues, electrical and harnessing issues, as well as software and firmware issues.
  • Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
  • Work hand in hand with the broader production team to solve complex issues to ensure customer demand is met.
  • Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
  • Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts
  • Contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.
  • Analyze metrics for continuous improvement initiatives (cost reduction, QI reduction & capacity increase).
  • Instill a culture of innovation, teamwork, and accountability within the manufacturing engineering product team.

Required Qualifications
  • A degree in a technical field such as engineering or manufacturing
  • 1+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
  • Experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • A genuine interest in manufacturing, thirst for learning, and high degree of ownership
  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience building successful production operations from scratch, often working with very little definition
  • Harness & PCBA fabrication experience or proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
  • Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product
  • Interesting work on personal or extracurricular project is a plus.


US Salary Range

$86,000-$114,000 USD

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.

About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that develops advanced systems for the military. The company was founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, and Matt Grimm, and has since grown to become a major player in the defense industry. Anduril's products include autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and other advanced technologies that are designed to enhance military capabilities. The company has received significant funding from investors and has partnerships with several major defense contractors. Anduril is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Learn more about Anduril Industries
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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