2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer

About the Role

Anduril Industries is seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Engineer who is early in their career to join our rapidly growing team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge design and efficient, high-volume production for advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide daily sustaining support to ensure product lines perform as intended, including real-time problem-solving related to mechanical fitment, electrical and harnessing issues, and software/firmware issues.
• Collaborate with design engineers to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort and facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
• Work with the broader production team to solve complex issues and meet customer demand.
• Write documentation required for manufacturing hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, and inspection requirements.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building successful production operations from scratch.
• Harness & PCBA fabrication experience or proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis.
• Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product.
• Personal or extracurricular project work is a plus.