Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><strong>ABOUT THE SITE</strong></p> <p>Anduril, a leader in autonomous systems and weapons manufacturing, is building Arsenal-1, its first hyper-scale manufacturing facility, just south of Columbus, Ohio in Pickaway County. Arsenal-1 is redefining the scale and speed at which autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners. This is a monumental and essential step toward rebuilding America's defense industrial base, strengthening America's warfighting capabilities, and enhancing deterrence amid rising international threats.</p> <p><strong>ABOUT THE PRODUCT</strong></p> <p>The future of defense is being built right now, and Anduril's Barracuda product is at its leading edge. Barracuda is a family of air-breathing autonomous air vehicles (AAVs) purpose-built for hyper-scale production and mass employment. The Barracuda family consists of Barracuda-100, Barracuda-250, and Barracuda-500. Each increment offers increasing size, range, and payload capacity, but all Barracudas are compatible with a host of payloads and employment mechanisms, support a variety of different missions, and provide warfighters with an adaptable and upgradeable capability to counter evolving threats.</p> <p><strong>ABOUT THE TEAM</strong></p> <p>The Barracuda Launch Team (BLT) will set the standard for building the future at Arsenal-1, our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ashville, OH. As Barracuda transitions from low-rate initial production at Anduril HQ to high-rate manufacturing at Arsenal-1, this team will own the technology transfer, stand up production lines, and sustain the floor operations that make that ramp possible. You will have the opportunity to train under our world-class manufacturing team at Anduril HQ in Costa Mesa, CA for up to 2 months before bringing that standard of excellence back to Ohio.</p> <p><strong>ABOUT THE JOB</strong></p> <p>As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a key role in scaling Barracuda production from early builds at Anduril HQ to full-rate output at Arsenal-1. Your core responsibility is owning the manufacturing process on the floor — ensuring production quality, resolving issues in real time, and driving the continuous improvement that high-rate manufacturing demands. This role requires deep hands-on experience with complex electromechanical integration and full ownership of the manufacturing process ecosystem: work instructions, MBOMs, RCCA, line optimization, takt time management, yield improvement, scaling operations, and MES management. The role spans the full manufacturing value chain — Design for Manufacturability, tooling and fixture design, process creation and optimization, vendor collaboration, quality planning, and production documentation — with the added responsibility of leading the technology transfer from HQ and standing up production capability at Arsenal-1.</p> <p><strong><em>** This role requires relocation to Costa Mesa, CA for an initial training program of up to 2 months. Housing, transportation, etc. will be provided during your stay.</em></strong></p> <p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the manufacturing of Barracuda products and sub-assemblies involving complex electromechanical integration from prototype through full-rate production, owning the build package end-to-end.</li> <li>Drive the technology transfer of production processes from Anduril HQ to Arsenal-1 — validating process readiness, tooling, quality systems, and training the floor team to execute at rate.</li> <li>Own and optimize the full manufacturing process ecosystem for your area: work instructions, MBOMs, process specs, RCCA, line layout, takt time targets, yield metrics, and MES configuration.</li> <li>Lead line optimization initiatives — analyze production flow, balance workstations, reduce cycle times, and implement process changes that increase capacity by 15–25%+.</li> <li>Root-cause and resolve complex floor issues using RCCA and 5-Why methodologies; lead failure analysis investigations and drive systemic corrective actions that prevent recurrence.</li> <li>Manage and improve yield performance through statistical process control, defect trend analysis, and targeted process improvements that reduce scrap and rework.</li> <li>Own MES management for your production area — configure workflows, ensure data integrity, drive real-time production visibility, and use MES data to inform process decisions.</li> <li>Partner with design engineers early in the development process to drive DFM and producibility into the design, and help move products from design to prototype to rate.</li> <li>Develop technical roadmaps for manufacturing technology advancement; independently evaluate and recommend capital equipment investments with ROI analysis.</li> <li>Champion Lean and Six Sigma methodologies across production area