Senior Project Manager, Manufacturing Development Process

ABOUT THE TEAM  

The Manufacturing Development team defines the ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ for manufacturing, from new product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) to manufacturing operations. This role includes managing the rollout of MDP across multiple product lines, tracking project progress and risks, developing and deploying business processes and templates, and championing best practices across global manufacturing engineering teams. The successful candidate will have a mix of both business and technical acumen, with a strong focus on the product lifecycle and concurrent engineering principles. 

ABOUT THE JOB  

Anduril’s Manufacturing Development team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Development Project Engineer to grow and implement the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP) – a comprehensive framework that enables Manufacturing Engineering teams to pull production readiness to the left and produce effectively at scale. 

If you are excited to distill Anduril’s vision for manufacturing into actionable initiatives and deploy them across products, teams, and sites, then this role is for you. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Introduce the MDP framework to a diverse set of stakeholders and programs. Socialize the business process and accompanying resources with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Program Management, Configuration Management, Quality, and more. 
• Lead Manufacturing Engineering teams through MDP rollout and implementation for their specific product line. Align manufacturing milestones with integrated program schedules, establish accountability for MDP execution, track progress, facilitate action item closure, personalize resources, and prioritize team activities and deliverables. 
• Communicate the importance of MDP and how it contributes to production success to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Identify and execute tailored communication strategies to match stakeholder interests. 
• Articulate manufacturing readiness to cross-functional audiences. Create and maintain data visualization dashboards that synthesize engineering and production information to highlight manufacturing risks and escalate them to leadership.  
• Facilitate phase gate evaluations alongside Manufacturing Engineering teams. Shape presentation content and guide messaging to cross-functional stakeholders. Provide feedback on best practices and lessons learned to help define what good looks like. 
• Champion Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Operations initiatives across teams and sites, from targeted pilots to broad rollout. 
• Foster adoption and make business processes and frameworks actionable by creating tactical resources to implement them. 
• Build relationships and influence change. Collaborate closely with engineers, technicians, and program managers to deeply understand their pain points, needs, and workflows 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS  

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations, design engineering, consulting, change management, project management, program management, or engineering transformation. 
• 8+ years of experience overall in relevant domains. 
• Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production), as well as the purpose of each phase and its associated importance for manufacturing readiness. 
• Strong business acumen together with knowledge of hardware engineering and manufacturing domains. 
• Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines (individual contributor to senior leadership, Program Management to Supply Chain to Design Engineering, etc.). 
• Proven ability to execute operationally while also being able to step back and think strategically. 
• Process thinker with a business impact mindset. A desire to learn new things without fear of jumping in. 
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  

• Experience leading organizational change. 
• Experience successfully taking new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production. 
• Deep knowledge of co-design, engineering, and manufacturing phases of the product lifecycle.