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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Manufacturing Planner - Maritime Production

Production Planning & SchedulingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Ana, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing planning, production planning, or production control within a complex electromechanical or hardware manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in a new product introduction environment, transitioning complex products from design into sustained, high-rate production.
  • Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining manufacturing bills of materials, building process routings, and translating engineering bills of materials.
  • Hands-on experience with manufacturing execution systems and Product Data Management software.
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting complex engineering drawings, technical specifications, and process maps.
  • Proven track record of navigating aggressive timelines, resource trade-offs, and prioritization decisions to support delivery commitments.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Direct the creation and maintenance of comprehensive manufacturing plans, oversee the translation of complex 2D/3D engineering drawings into clear work instructions, and optimize operational process routings in the manufacturing execution system.
  • Own the strategy for creation and maintenance of the manufacturing bill of materials and as-built configuration management, ensuring accurate translation from the engineering bill of materials.
  • Partner with Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to establish build sequences, monitor order flow, and make sequencing and allocation decisions to support production ramp-up.
  • Manage engineering changes across active manufacturing plans, assessing impact on active manufacturing execution system routings, work-in-progress, and hardware delivery timelines.
  • Serve as a primary interface between Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Production Operations to align on goals, resolve line blockers, and meet delivery commitments.
  • Collaborate upstream with design teams during Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly reviews to ensure assembly sequences, build procedures, and routings are optimized for cost, quality, and scalability.
  • Analyze manufacturing discrepancies, scrap, and operational process data using first-principles problem-solving and root-cause analysis to enhance production efficiency and yield.
  • Provide hands-on manufacturing planning support directly on the floor during new product introduction, prototype builds, and rate ramp-ups.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Direct experience in the maritime, naval, or aerospace defense industry, with an understanding of associated quality and documentation standards such as NAVSEA and MIL-SPEC.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise resource planning systems, such as Oracle, for material and production planning.
  • Experience with computer-aided design and product lifecycle management software, such as Siemens NX and Teamcenter, and issue-tracking platforms such as JIRA.
  • Understanding of statistical process control, capacity planning, and lean manufacturing principles.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

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