Senior Project Engineer, Manufacturing DevelopmentActive$194K

Anduril Industries
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The opportunity

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 the Manufacturing Development Process…

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.

What they're looking for

  • 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.