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Salary: USD 113,000 - 149,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer to optimize supply chain warehousing and material flow operations. You will work with a global network of suppliers to support a global manufacturing platform, ensuring best-in-class quality, reliability, speed, and asset utilization while meeting critical customer deployment and internal development timelines.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborate across multiple programs from development to full-rate production, scaling best-in-class solutions aligned with manufacturing process maturity
- Proactively identify and resolve imbalances and bottlenecks caused by inventory processes, line layouts, parts shortages, staffing constraints, and other production challenges
- Own metrics, KPIs, and reporting for production line health and efficiency, including cycle time, throughput rate, capacity, utilization, process non-conformities, and inventory accuracy
- Conduct time studies of current and developing processes to ensure warehouse and operations efficiency
- Develop processes to optimize workplans for highly variable demands across multiple sites
- Translate tools and reports into actionable tasks impacting warehouse operations health
- Produce and maintain tools to increase work demand accuracy for new facilities using data-driven approaches such as Value Stream Mapping, Process Mapping, and Line Balancing techniques
- Drive incremental improvements and iterate toward world-class warehouse operations
You will work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Business Operations teams in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment. The ideal candidate demonstrates holistic ownership of operational challenges with creative solutions and flexibility to support wherever needed.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 3+ years of experience in a high-rate supply chain or manufacturing environment with complex mechanical and/or electrical assemblies built with heavy data utilization
- Ability to read technical documentation such as drawings and CAD data; understanding of hardware manufacturing processes for electronics (PCBAs, sensor hardware, etc.), structures, mechanical components, and electromechanical systems
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA if not already local; onsite presence required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with Siemens Plant Simulation, Visual Components, or Process Simulation software for production line modeling and scenario analysis
- Experience with department or factory design and setup, including value stream mapping, flow lines, continuous flow, one-piece flow, and workstation design
- Demonstrated ability to own a complete value chain from start to finish, measuring each process step and creating actionable tasks resulting in significant, sustainable business improvements
- Ability to present project results to cross-functional teams, clearly relating data to proposed next steps
- Prior experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for production operations or Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
- Knowledge of NetSuite, Oracle, or similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing principles to drive manufacturing productivity
- Hands-on project delivery experience including gemba walks, operational analysis, and poka-yoke solutions that enable team success without massive capital expenditure
- Experience interacting with SQL databases for information storage and building custom queries for production and inventory-related metrics tracking
