Manufacturing Engineer, Avionics

Overview

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 Manufacturing team is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer, Avionics focused 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.

• Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for electronics, avionics, and harnessing
• 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

• Degree in a technical field: Engineering, math, or a hard science, providing the foundation for complex systems including avionics.
• Avionics
  
  Experience:
  
  Demonstrable experience designing, integrating, or troubleshooting avionics systems, familiarity with embedded systems, RF electronics, and knowledge of avionics manufacturing standards and certification requirements.
• 3+ Years of Relevant
  
  Experience:
  
  Preferably in manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware, critical for modern integrated systems in avionics.
• Innovative Problem Solver: Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in resource-constrained environments, valuable for innovative avionics solutions.
• Hands-On Manufacturing Expertise: Direct experience in physically manufacturing hardware through machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc. (Personal or extracurricular projects are a plus.)
• Passion for Manufacturing: A genuine interest in manufacturing along with a strong desire to continuously learn.
• Security Clearance Eligibility: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance, essential due to the sensitive nature of avionics technologies.

• PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring SMT processes
• Harnessing, soldering, crimping hands on build experience
• DFx experience with NPI
• Production scaling experience for high volume…