Senior Project Manager, Manufacturing Development, SpaceActive$194K

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

What you'll do

• Introduce the MDP framework to a diverse set of stakeholders within the Space: Business Line, including Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Technical Program Management, and Production Program Management. Socialize the business process and accompanying resources with cross-functional partners, including Supply Chain, Configuration Management, Quality, and more.

• Lead Manufacturing Engineering teams through MDP rollout and implementation: for a highly complex space vehicle. Create and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) aligning manufacturing milestones across program schedules for 5-7 product lines and functional teams, with a strong focus on Spacecraft Assembly, Integration, & Test (AI&T). 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. Build relationships, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deeply understand their pain points, and influence the change needed to reduce or resolve them.

• Track manufacturing readiness and associated risk over time. Articulate: manufacturing readiness to diverse, cross-functional audiences. Synthesize both engineering and production information to identify and escalate manufacturing risks.

• 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 and share what good looks like.

• Guide the Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Operations teams: through each build cycle, from Concept/Prototype to Low Rate Production. Support the buildout of a development facility and the transition to a production facility. Track path to manufacturing readiness for Full Rate Production. Develop risk buydown plans and drive them to closure.

What they're looking for

• + years of experience in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing operations,: design engineering, consulting, change management, project management, program management, or engineering transformation.
• + years of experience overall in relevant domains.
• Background in spacecraft manufacturing or space vehicle integration.
• Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production), as: well as the purpose of each phase and its associated importance for manufacturing readiness.