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Automation Manufacturing Engineering Instructor Jobs

Furthermore, the Sr Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer will lead the automation solutions through project management activities, developing requirements, working with key suppliers, testing the ...

Sr. Automation Manufacturing Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$101K - $130K/yr

Lead creation of automation line specifications; source, evaluate, and manage equipment suppliers ... Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent. * 8+ years' experience as a design/manufacturing ...

Sr. Automation Manufacturing Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$101K - $130K/yr

Lead creation of automation line specifications; source, evaluate, and manage equipment suppliers ... Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent. * 8+ years' experience as a design/manufacturing ...

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Dixon, IL

$104K - $129K/yr

Lead the manufacturing engineering team in supporting shop floor operations, capital projects, new ... Evaluate, justify, implement automation, manufacturing technologies, and process improvements to ...

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Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer - Automation

Costa Mesa, CA

Anduril Industries
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing • 501 - 1,000 employees

$97K - $133K/yr

Full-time

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Company rating: 9.1 out of 10

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Job description

 
ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Manufacturing Development team is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer to join our team. The team defines the 'What', 'When', 'Why' and 'How' for manufacturing, from advanced manufacturing engineering to NPI to manufacturing operations.

ABOUT THE JOB

This role includes championing Design for Automation and working closely with our Automation Engineers to ensure we're capturing best practices and lessons learned from automation implementation across the company. This person will also help create any frameworks, guides, processes, around how manufacturing engineers should think about automation as a solution. If you are excited to distill Anduril's vision for production and the manufacturing lifecycle into actionable initiatives and deploy them across manufacturing teams and sites, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Define, lead and manage manufacturing engineering and operations initiatives from ideation through targeted pilots and broad roll-out.
  • Collaborate closely with both manufacturing and automation engineers to deeply understand their pain points, needs, and the intricacies of their workflows.
  • Champion best practices across global manufacturing engineering teams. Define and share what good looks like, and define the best method and strategy to do so.
  • Facilitate early engagement and education about manufacturing engineering role and responsibility with cross-functional teams including product design, supply chain, business line, configuration management, quality, and EHS.
  • Own new business processes for the broader manufacturing engineering organization (inclusive of Industrial, Automation, Mfg Test, and Digital Tools). Balance standardization with adaptability for scalable, high-impact solutions.
  • Identify areas of improvement on programs and provide actionable recommendations. Provide guidance on feasibility and risk for new manufacturing or automation projects
  • Align manufacturing engineering and automation milestones with integrated program schedule.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, automation engineering, integration and test, manufacturing operations, design engineering, digital manufacturing, program management, or engineering transformation.
  • 6+ years of experience overall in relevant domains.
  • Proven experience working through large scale, complex product integration
  • Extensive experience collaborating with stakeholders to implement or improve products, tools, or manufacturing processes
  • Proven experience successfully transitioning new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production.
  • Business impact mindset
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 8 - 10+ years experience in relevant domains.
  • Experience leading organizational change.
  • Experience from engineering to production with deep knowledge of development, co-design, and engineering phases of product lifecycle.

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Anduril Industries is a trailblazer in the technology industry based in Costa Mesa, CA, US. Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus VR, the company focuses on developing innovative technology to equip and empower those in the defense sector. Its primary products include cutting-edge autonomous systems and AI software that assist in combating threats to national and global security. The mission of Anduril Industries is to integrate technology and defense by building transformative, scalable solutions that ensure a safer world.

Industry

Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Company size

501 - 1,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Year founded

2017

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