Anduril Industries
2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an early-career Manufacturing Engineer to support production of advanced unmanned aerial systems. You'll bridge design and high-volume manufacturing, solving real-time production challenges while driving design-for-manufacturability practices across multiple product lines.
What you'll do
- Provide daily sustaining support for manufacturing operations, troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and software issues
- Collaborate with design engineers to implement manufacturing best practices during product development and scale-up
- Create manufacturing documentation including work instructions, quality plans, and inspection requirements
- Develop tooling solutions for structural part fabrication and assembly
- Contribute to customer hardware design including interconnects and board fabrication
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction and capacity increases
What they're looking for
- Electromechanical hardware design and manufacturing
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, and software systems
- Manufacturing documentation and process development
- Hands-on hardware fabrication (machining, soldering, assembly, etc.)
- Team leadership and collaboration
- Design-for-manufacturability principles
- PCBA and harness fabrication experience
- Bill of materials management
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $86,000-$114,000
- Equity grants as part of total compensation package
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
- Work on cutting-edge autonomous drone technology
- Highly dynamic, innovative team environment
- Opportunity to build production operations from early stages
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Tell us about a time you physically manufactured or assembled hardware—what was the process, and what challenges did you encounter?
- Describe your experience working with design engineers to implement design for manufacturing principles. How did you influence a design decision?