Staff Technical Program & Manufacturing Engineer, Display SystemsActive$52K–$104K

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

What you'll do

• Program Management: Lead supplier engagements, manage timelines and deliverables, and align resources to ensure successful production-quality and successful delivery of complex display and optical systems. Balance competing priorities across multiple products and programs in a fast-paced, startup environment.

• Build Management: Lead planning and execution of optical system build events across supplier sites, including configuration matrices, daily build plans, clear-to-build matrices, BOM reviews, unit allocation, and daily build reporting.

• Technical Expertise: Understand the architecture, design, performance targets and manufacturing / test processes to guide design convergence and build management. Support engineering teams in resolving technical issues and making trade-offs to meet product objectives. Ensure compliance with industry standards and government regulations, such as ITAR and RMF.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering teams, supplier partners and Anduril leadership. Align cross-functional teams on their goals, dependencies, and deliverables. Drive effective communication and collaboration across distributed teams and locations.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks proactively, including technical, schedule, and production related risks. Maintain and drive ‘Major Issues Lists’, monitor development dependencies, anticipate bottlenecks, and adjust plans as needed to maintain program maturity, quality and deliverables.

• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with key supplier partners, ensuring program alignment with contractual obligations and stakeholder expectations. Prepare and deliver clear program updates, technical briefs, and performance reports for internal and external audiences.

What they're looking for

• Process Improvement: Implement and refine processes to enhance program execution and efficiency within a startup environment. Leverage best practices in program management while adapting to the unique challenges of the defense sector.
• BS in Optics, Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical: Engineering, or Industrial Engineering
• + years of technical program management and manufacturing process development: experience delivering hardware products, or equivalent engineering experience with demonstrated program leadership
• Demonstrated experience taking a module or system from concept through qualification and into mass production