Senior Manager, Manufacturing Safety EngineeringActive$220K

The opportunity

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U. S.

What you'll do

  • Build, lead, and develop the Manufacturing Safety Engineering team, including: hiring, leveling, mentoring, and performance management, as the discipline scales across Anduril.

  • Establish and standardize the manufacturing-safety framework: risk-assessment methodology, templates, risk-acceptance criteria, safety sign-off gates, and the management-of-change process, aligned to the business.

  • Grow the manufacturing-safety discipline across Anduril, driving adoption: across production lines and sites and defining the standards of record, in partnership with Manufacturing, EHS, and product engineering.

  • Define and communicate the discipline’s vision, goals, roadmap, and operating: model, and integrate manufacturing-safety practices across all stages of production development.

  • Own manufacturing-safety metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting;: represent the discipline to leadership and to customer and defense-program stakeholders.

  • Manage resource allocation and capacity planning across concurrent programs: and sites, and manage budget, tooling, and external partnerships (EHS, controls integrators, certification bodies).

What they're looking for

  • Familiarity with machine safety standards such as ISO 12100 (risk assessment: and risk reduction), ISO 13849 (safety-related parts of control systems), and ANSI B11 (machine safety and safeguarding)
  • M.S. Degree in an engineering discipline
  • Professional safety or machinery-safety certification (CSP, CMSE)
  • + years of experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role, including: standing up a safety-engineering function or discipline from an early stage
  • Experience managing teams and programs across multiple manufacturing sites,: and through periods of rapid growth (2x+ expansion)
  • Track record of developing talent and promoting team members into senior and leadership roles
  • Experience in high-rate or rapidly scaling aerospace, defense, or automotive manufacturing
  • Executive-level communications, reporting, and roadmap presentation experience