Head of Production, Autonomous Airpower

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.

We are seeking a senior level organization leader to coordinate all of our flight operations across a wide variety of objectives and locations. The Autonomous Airpower Head of Production owns short to mid-term (1-3 years) strategic development and execution, operational direction, career pathing, and vision for the department. Top level charter will be to provide consistent, flawless execution for all product and AA programs.

• Own Autonomous Airpower office manufacturing floor, headcount, and capital expenditures forecasting related for Manufacturing.
• Own all aspects of Production, from advising engineering teams on design considerations to factory design and production execution.
• Serve as both a strategic leader and tactical do-er for Anduril’s rapidly growing Autonomous Airpower manufacturing operations in. You will report directly to the VP, AD&S Production and manage the existing production leads from day one.
• Drive Production, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to build and execute upon Anduril’s 5-year strategic vision to become a next-generation aerospace and defense manufacturer, capable of flexibly producing 1000s of high-quality products per year.
• Partner with Engineering, Deployment Operations, and Program Management to execute success.
• Mature products in Costa Mesa,CA from low rate prototypes to full rate production by driving processes and systems as needed throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Establish and manage team to financial, quality, and on-time delivery KPIs to understand how our manufacturing operations are impacting our business.
• Advise on development and oversee implementation of digital technologies, from PLM and ERP to our custom MES and QMS systems, that enable our manufacturing operations to efficiently scale while meeting customer requirements.
• Be accountable to AS9100D guidelines.
• Be a partner to Anduril’s VP of Manufacturing for Manufacturing strategy.

• Minimum 10 years in a Manufacturing/Production leadership role within the hardware development industry with a track record of successfully scaling products from prototype to full rate production on the order of 1000s.
• Experience with discrete manufacturing operations in a deeply technical industry such as aerospace, consumer electronics, medical, or automotive. Process manufacturing experience also a plus.
• Relentless drive for continuous improvement and solving high impact business problems through highly leveraged process, business systems, and data.
• Strong outcome orientation with the ability to drive initiatives from inception to implementation and adoption. Willing and able to dive into tactical execution mode when needed to move the effort forward.
• Ability to work with engineering, supply chain, and quality teams on a highly technical level.
• Positive and inspirational leader with the demonstrated ability to assess, attract and retain high-quality talent and build high-performing teams.
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally in an…