Manufacturing Engineer, Automation & Tooling, SpaceNew$194K

Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for Automation & Tooling to join our team. Your expertise will help ensure that our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability at Anduril.

What you'll do

• Design mechanical ground support equipment and production tooling in CAD: through to released drawings — handling, lift, rotation and transport fixtures, integration stands, and alignment and torque tooling.

• Own the tooling and MGSE procurement runway against the facility schedule —: tooling list, long-lead items, specifications, vendor packages and delivery dates. Tooling that arrives after the station it serves is a schedule failure.

• Qualify tooling and MGSE before it touches flight hardware: load path analysis, proof load testing, lift certification, fit checks and first-article use — and own the records that make that qualification auditable.

• Design tooling and MGSE for cleanroom compatibility: material, coating, lubricant and surface-finish selection, and mechanical features that prevent particle generation and FOD. Design contamination out rather than relying on housekeeping to contain it.

• Design and deploy semi-automated assembly stations and mechanical automation: where it removes touch labor or variability, with a defensible case for why automation is the right answer rather than a better fixture.

• Drive Design for Manufacturability and Assembly into vehicle and subassembly: designs before CDR from the tooling point of view — tool clearance, access, lift and handling provisions, and hard points designed in rather than worked around.

What they're looking for

• Use our manufacturing execution and product lifecycle toolchain: Foundry and Teamcenter — as the system of record for tooling definition, configuration control, calibration and maintenance status, and as-used records.
• Own tooling sustainment: calibration and maintenance intervals, spares, wear and damage disposition, and tooling changes driven by design changes or nonconformances. Cleanroom tooling adds precision cleaning, segregated tool sets and re-certification after maintenance.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Quality on tooling vendors: specifications, source inspection and first article expectations — and coordinate with the EGSE lead where mechanical and electrical ground support equipment meet.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing or Industrial: Engineering, or a related technical discipline.