Manufacturing Manager, Imaging

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.

We are seeking a Manufacturing Manager to own the scalability and reliability of Sensor Chip Array & Integrated Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDCA) internal Imaging production as well as own the establishment and scaling of suppliers and contract manufacturing partners.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Ownership and oversight of the manufacturing of SCA & IDCAs; both technical and commercial operations.
• As an on site presence, lead the transition and scaling of SCA & IDCA production from Engineering into mass production; continually driving operational maturation and continuous improvement in unclassified and classified spaces.
• Drive production results and communication through data-driven execution based on manufacturing performance metrics such as on-time delivery, cycle time (hours per unit), aging work in progress, cost of poor quality, and clear to build. Regularly communicates these key performance indicators to executive leadership.
• Staff, develop and drive process engineering and technician teams in a fast-paced engineering and manufacturing environment.
• Create documentation required for successfully manufacturing hardware at scale.
• Develop staff to effectively manage process improvement activities including compliance to internal and customer policies such as safety, change control, training, contamination control, and quality assurance.
• Ensure performance tracking, documentation, process capability, process control and product quality which meets manufacturing best practices and AS9100 requirements.
• Manage the requirements of AS9100 so that the right balance is struck regarding the operation and development teams meeting the requirements in an efficient and expeditious manner; what requirements apply, when during product development, and to what degree.
• Evaluate, plan, and prioritize long-term and short-term value stream production and test optimizations which achieve production output goals & business objectives.
• Efficiently and effectively project manage Contract Manufacturing Partnership selection and standup of production lines which meet Business, Operational and AS9100 requirements.
• Be on site at current and future operations partners solving problems and managing technical and commercial needs for the value stream.
• Manage vertical integration or value stream diversification opportunities where strategic supply partnerships will accelerate the scalability of production output and product development.
• Proactively manage and communicate opportunities to address capacity, throughput and quality within internal and external value streams.
• Continuously evaluate opportunities for improvement, business cases and make vs buy decisions in the value stream; maximizing production capability, quality, scalability and reliability.
• Ensure AS9100 compliance throughout the value stream.
• Reduce complexity: commonality optimization & component/supplier rationalization.
• Support infrared program capture and customer interface with IDCA manufacturing concepts and specifications, proposal cost, and technical volume writing
• Travel 10-25%

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
• 5+ years of Manufacturing Operations experience in areas: Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production management or in design of electro-optical mechanical hardware.
• 2+ years demonstrated track record transitioning IDCAs/electromechanical products from NPI to LRIP, including resource management/hiring for appropriate skill mix at each stage.
• 2+ years demonstrated direct experience in process engineering and production management of IDCAs (assembly & test) in a AS9100 (or similar) compliant environment.
• 2+ years Executive level reporting and communication experience
• 2+ years of project management experience
• 2+ years demonstrated leadership of supplier and contract manufacturer competency evaluations and transfer of design into productio