Production Lead
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Andurils Maritime Division is responsible for planning and executing Andurils product and revenue roadmap for maritime missions. Working across product engineering business development logistics and operations the Maritime team develops tests deploys and sustains the Anduril maritime capabilities in a challenging operational environment worldwide. As a leader in the Maritime Division you must be a technical leader with the expertise to evaluate qualify manage and advocate for an increasing number of sophisticated parallel pursuits. This role is crucial in ensuring that each initiative aligns with the companys strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing balancing innovation with practical execution to drive the business lines success.
You will lead all production activity for a maritime autonomous vehicle program. Reporting to the Program Manager you will build and lead the production organization from scratch establishing manufacturing processes quality systems and the infrastructure needed to scale from prototype builds through full-rate production.
Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives build cross-functional teams and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience will be key in making sure the right design analysis and test steps are completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.
- Own all production activity: manufacturing quality supply chain and production support
- Build and lead the production organization hiring across manufacturing engineering quality and operations
- Establish manufacturing processes and production infrastructure for complex electromechanical vehicles
- Drive the manufacturing development lifecycle: Concept Prototype LRIP FRP
- Manage production budgets schedules and on-time delivery performance
- Own production readiness reviews and design handoff from engineering
- Coordinate supply chain including demand planning procurement and warehouse operations
- Implement and optimize production systems (ERP MES QMS)
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma or equivalent methodologies
- Ensure compliance with AS9100D and customer quality requirements
- Interface with engineering program management and customer organizations
- Travel up to 25% to manufacturing facilities and customer sites
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Manufacturing Industrial Engineering or equivalent
- 8 years of experience in manufacturing or production for complex electromechanical systems
- Experience building and leading production teams and organizations
- Demonstrated experience scaling production from NPI through full-rate production
- Experience with production systems (ERP MES QMS)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
- Experience in maritime aerospace or defense manufacturing
- Working knowledge of AS9100D quality management systems
- Experience with Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
- Familiarity with shipbuilding or large vehicle production
- Experience managing production budgets in the $10M range
US Salary Range
$191000 - $253000 USD
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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.
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