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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Cleanroom Manager to lead day-to-day operations of its Space Manufacturing lab spaces across three locations: an operational HQ space lab, a temporary cleanroom under construction (3030), and a new ISO 5–8 facility being built for spaceflight hardware development and low-rate production.
You will own the cleanroom and contamination-control program, lab safety practices, equipment and calibration readiness, and material/consumable flow across all three sites. This is a hands-on working role where you will perform much of the technical work yourself while helping hire and develop technicians and specialists as the sites scale.
Key responsibilities include:
- Operating and maintaining readiness of all three Space Manufacturing lab spaces (gowning/anterooms, air showers, test bays, assembly zones, storage) to prevent lab-driven downtime
- Managing the contamination-control program for ISO 5–8 cleanrooms: gowning protocols, particle monitoring, certification cadence, and consumables inventory
- Managing lab equipment, assets, and material flow: asset tracking, calibration/metrology scheduling, preventive maintenance, tool/fixture readiness, and receiving/kitting/stores coordination
- Serving as day-to-day lab safety point of contact: enforcing safe work practices, overseeing hazardous-material and specialty-gas handling, partnering with EHS on permits and audits
- Coordinating with corporate facilities and shared services on AHUs, environmental monitoring, compressed/specialty gases, repairs, and space modifications
- Driving lab standards and documentation: cleanroom procedures, gowning work instructions, safety protocols, and audit-ready certification/monitoring records
- Leading transition of work into the new facility as it comes online, planning space/systems/staffing needs for each phase
- Partnering with AI&T, manufacturing engineering, and program teams to sequence work and keep WIP moving
- Operating as a working lead: performing hands-on lab and cleanroom work while mentoring and directing technicians
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, resource-limited environments and wants to be the person the floor relies on to keep demanding lab and cleanroom environments operating to specification.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years operating or managing a manufacturing lab, cleanroom, or comparable controlled production environment
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, technical/science discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience
- 3+ years hands-on experience operating or managing an ISO-classified cleanroom (ISO 5–8 or equivalent) or contamination-controlled environment
- 2+ years working with cleanroom systems: environmental and particle monitoring, gowning and air-shower discipline, cleanroom certification requirements, HVAC/AHU knowledge
- Hands-on safety experience with hazardous-material and compressed/specialty-gas handling and storage, including 1+ year as floor- or lab-level safety point of contact
- Experience managing lab equipment, calibration/metrology program, and asset tracking across 50+ tools/assets (or comparable scale), plus receiving/inventory/consumables flow
- Experience owning readiness for 2+ distinct lab or cleanroom spaces (or multi-room/multi-building site) at once, including coordinating moves and stand-up of new space
- 2+ years leading or mentoring a team (formal management or team-lead), with ability to stay hands-on while hiring and developing others
- Experience building and enforcing procedures and keeping a lab audit-ready; willing to work on-site full-time in fast-paced hardware environment
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2+ years in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical-device, or optics/sensor manufacturing
- Familiarity with ISO 5 (Class 100) operations and open-die/optical/sensor assembly cleanliness requirements
- Experience standing up a new lab or cleanroom, or bringing 1+ new cleanroom phases/areas online
- Familiarity with quality and workmanship standards (e.g., IPC-610/620, AS9100, NASA-STD-8739 series)
- Experience coordinating EHS programs and specialty-gas/hazmat storage at scale
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
