Senior Project Engineer, Manufacturing Development
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
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 (MDP) across multiple product lines tracking project progress health and risks developing and deploying business processes and templates and championing best practices across global manufacturing engineering teams. The successful candidate will have a mix of both business and technical acumen with a strong focus on the product lifecycle and concurrent engineering principles.
ABOUT THE JOB
Andurils Manufacturing Development team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Development Project Engineer to grow and implement the Manufacturing Development Process (MDP) a comprehensive framework that enables Manufacturing Engineering teams to pull production readiness to the left and produce effectively at scale.
If you are excited to distill Andurils vision for manufacturing into actionable initiatives and deploy them across products teams and sites then this role is for you.
WHAT YOULL 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.
- Foster adoption and make business processes and frameworks actionable by creating tactical resources to implement them.
- Build relationships and influence change. Collaborate closely with engineers technicians and program managers to deeply understand their pain points needs and workflows. Be a manufacturing engineering support pillar advocating for decisions and actions in the best interest of the team.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 years of experience in manufacturing engineering manufacturing operations design engineering change management project management program management or engineering transformation.
- 8 years of experience overall in relevant domains.
- Understanding of the product lifecycle (design/development/production) as well as the purpose of each phase and its associated importance for manufacturing readiness.
- Strong business acumen together with knowledge of hardware engineering and manufacturing domains.
- Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines (individual contributor to senior leadership Program Management to Supply Chain to Design Engineering etc.).
- Proven ability to execute operationally while also being able to step back and think strategically.
- Process thinker with a business impact mindset. A desire to learn new things without fear of jumping in.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 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:
Benefits
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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