Industrial Engineer Lead, Maritime Production System Design at Anduril Industries

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><h3>ABOUT THE TEAM</h3> <p>Anduril’s Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is responsible for rapidly developing and implementing manufacturing technologies, processes, and materials for cutting-edge defense hardware. The team is developing deployable static and moving surface, undersea and sea to air vehicles, and scaling these products in our new manufacturing facilities.<br><br></p> <h3>ABOUT THE JOB</h3> <p>As the Lead Industrial Engineer on the Production Controls team, you will lead the critical chain production model and act as flex capacity across scheduling and production control. You will own the integrated schedule model across programs and shared resources, and keep it current as demand and capacity change for Anduril's advanced AI factory. This is a hands-on role helping solve manufacturing problems at scale.<br><br></p> <h4>WHAT YOU’LL DO</h4> <ul> <li>Plant and equipment layouts, material flow paths, and space allocation for a new maritime factory.</li> <li>Build the production model: precedence networks, resource definitions, durations, and constraints.</li> <li>Integrate frequent changes into the model and keep it matched to how work actually runs.</li> <li>Size and manage buffers; track consumption and drive recovery.</li> <li>Capacity plans and rate models: units per year under a given configuration, with the sensitivity analysis behind the number.</li> <li>Sequencing of operations and work flow: how a build is broken into stations, what runs in parallel, where the unit sits and for how long.</li> <li>Discrete-event simulation of the factory and the line, used as the primary way we validate capacity before the building exists.</li> <li>Designing and optimizing the production system by integrating design, supply base, facilities, equipment, and personnel.</li> <li>Feeding the precedence network that our dynamic scheduling system (LOKI) plans against.</li> <li>Technical direction on production system design across VCS and Megalodon build processes: you set the method, others execute it.</li> <li>Requirements to our architecture/engineering firm and outside consultants, and review of what comes back.</li> <li>The trade studies that close at design review: building configuration, bay allocation, automation degree, station count.</li> <li>Flex to cover scheduling and production control gaps.</li> </ul> <h4>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</h4> <ul> <li>Industrial engineering, production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations background.&nbsp;No degree required. We hire on demonstrated capability. Apprenticeship, Navy Nuclear Power School, military experience, trade background, or self-taught modeling all count.</li> <li>Critical chain, theory of constraints, or buffer management experience.</li> <li>Low volume, high mix, or engineered-to-order environment.</li> <li>Comfortable operating without direct supervision and making calls within defined limits.</li> <li>Demonstrated capacity or rate modeling: you have built the model, defended the number, and been held to it.</li> <li>Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.</li> <li>Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.</li> </ul> <h4>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h4> <ul> <li>10+ years in production system design, factory design, or manufacturing engineering for large complex products, including at least one program where you owned the capacity or rate commitment.</li> <li>Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, operations research, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field.</li> <li>Shipyard or aerospace final-assembly experience: stage of construction, module breakdown, pre-outfitting, erection sequence.</li> <li>Greenfield or major-expansion factory work.</li> <li>MES/ERP fluency (Forge, Odoo, SAP, Solumina, Oracle).&nbsp;</li> <li>Aurora scheduling system experience preferred.</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$166,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$220,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span data-contrast="auto">The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="detailElios"><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.&nbsp;</span><em><span data-contrast="auto">For more information, <a href="https://www.anduril.com/careers">Explore Our Benefits</a>.</span></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="RichText column1"> <h3 class="detailElios"><strong>Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams</strong></h3> <p class="detailElios">Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.</p> </div> <div class="RichText column2"> <p class="detailElios">To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:</p> <ul> <li> <p class="detailElios"><strong>No Financial Requests:&nbsp;</strong>Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.</p> </li> <li><strong>Please always verify communications:</strong> <ul> <li>Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will <em>only</em> come from an <code>@anduril.com</code> address.</li> <li>Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. 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