Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Anduril Maritime is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for the undersea reconnaissance and strike mission. Anduril has brought to the market a unique ultra-long-range full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from large to extra-large vehicle sizes. Today Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar production contracts while simultaneously performing at-sea operations and is scaling its supply base to move these vehicles from low-rate builds to sustained rate production.

The Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) is a high-profile cross-functional role that owns the manufacturing readiness and production performance of the external supply base for a specific Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike business line. You will own the industrialization of the Dive-LD vehicles supply chain pressure vessels and structures subsea connectors and harnessing electronics and PCBAs power systems and sensors that make up the bulk of the BOM.

You will spend your time where the parts are actually made. You are accountable for knowing what each suppliers line can really produce what it would take to double it and where the process is going to break before it breaks. You will work in close coordination with internal engineering quality supply chain and manufacturing teams as well as directly with supplier leadership and their manufacturing engineers to execute effective creative and smart supply chain strategies that achieve production goals.

• Own supplier industrialization end-to-end for an assigned URS product line from NPI build through rate production across the full multi-level vehicle BOM.
• Analyze and validate true supplier capacity through value stream mapping takt and cycle time analysis and constraint identification and translate that into a defensible bottoms-up statement of what each supplier can deliver against our production plan
• Partner directly with our suppliers manufacturing and industrial engineering teams to optimize process flow factory layout work cell design tooling and material presentation to reduce cycle time WIP and touch labor
• Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering to drive PPAP FAI (AS9102) control plans PFMEA and process qualification to closure ahead of production release
• Establish and drive process performance and statistical process control (SPC) reviews at supplier sites and convert the data into corrective action
• Own bring-up of new production tooling fixtures and lines at supplier sites to ensure materials processes and tools are capable of meeting product performance quality and demand requirements
• Own capacity expansion readiness and production ramp-up at suppliers including the CAPEX tooling lead time and labor plan required to hit each rate step
• Vet supplier production capability facilities equipment and workforce for inclusion on the Approved Supplier List and drive corrective action for suppliers that fall short
• Identify and drive product and process improvements at supplier sites to lower part cost reduce supply risk eliminate potential defects and improve cycle time over the product lifecycle
• Support root cause task forces in tandem with Supply Chain Quality and the supplier and be responsible for closing the loop on corrective and preventive actions at the supplier
• Partner with Product Sourcing Engineers Global Strategic Sourcing and Buyer/Planners so that sourcing decisions cost models and material plans reflect real supplier capability
• Partner with internal Manufacturing and Design Engineering to drive design-for-manufacturability feedback from the supply base back into the product before drawings are locked
• Maintain a clear current picture of industrialization risk across the product line and escalate it early with a recovery plan attached

• 4 years of experience in industrialization supplier quality manufacturing engineering or process engineering within a manufacturing environment
• Bachelors degree in engineering (BSME BSEE BSIE manufacturing materials) or a related technical field
• Demonstrated experience taking a product or supplier from prototype/NPI through production ramp including tooling and line bring-up
• Hands-on experience with value stream mapping capacity modeling and production flow optimization on a live manufacturing floor
• Working knowledge of quality fundamentals including PPAP FAI/AS9102 control plans PFMEA and SPC
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings specifications and GD&T
• Ability to travel up to 25% to supplier sites domestic and international
• Ability to work onsite in Quincy MA
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• Experience industrializing complex assemblies where mechanical electrical and structural commodities have to be brought up in parallel
• Experience with maritime subsea or pressure-critical hardware pressure vessels and housings subsea connectors and penetrators syntactic foam and buoyancy composite structures weldments or potted/encapsulated assemblies
• Familiarity with large machined structures fabrication welding and finishing processes or with electronics manufacturing and SMT processing
• Previous experience in defense aerospace automotive marine or another high-reliability industry
• Familiarity with developing and producing high-tech products in a high-mix low-volume environment
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma or other structured continuous improvement methodologies
• Prior knowledge of Oracle or a similar ERP system and of PLM/MBOM structures
• Exposure to working in a fast-paced start-up environment
• Excellent communication negotiation and problem-solving skills including the ability to hold a supplier accountable without damaging the relationship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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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