Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Propulsion & Energetics

<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><div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"> <div> <h3>ABOUT THE TEAM</h3> </div> <div>Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer for Propulsion and Energetics to join our team. Your expertise will help ensure that our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability at Anduril.<br><br>As the Lead Manufacturing Engineer for Propulsion and Energetics, you will own the manufacturing and integration processes for the highest-consequence hardware on the vehicle. Your responsibilities span solid rocket motor integration, divert and attitude control and thruster installation, pressurant and fluid systems, and the ordnance and initiator installation that arms the vehicle — together with the hazard classification, safety controls and handling discipline that make all of it survivable. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineers and technicians, and grow this discipline as the production ramp builds.<br><br>This role owns the integration and handling of qualified propulsion and energetic hardware. Solid rocket motors arrive qualified from Anduril RMS and thrusters and control systems arrive from our propulsion partners; you own how they are received, handled, installed, mated and closed out — not propellant casting, loading or pyrotechnic device manufacture. The ideal candidate is a hands-on propulsion integration engineer who has worked flight or comparably high-consequence energetic hardware under a formal safety program, and who is comfortable working from incomplete design data in a fast-paced environment.</div> </div> <div class="section page-centered"> <div> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL DO</h4> <p></p> <ul> <li>Own solid rocket motor integration processes: receipt and inspection of qualified motors from Anduril RMS, handling and lift operations, mating to the vehicle, alignment, and torque and close-out.</li> <li>Own divert and attitude control system and thruster installation processes — mounting, alignment, plumbing and leak verification — for both development and vendor-supplied units.</li> <li>Own pressurant and fluid system build and installation: tanks, lines, fittings, valves, proof and leak testing, and cleanliness control for propulsion-grade fluid systems.</li> <li>Own ordnance installation processes — initiators, pyrotechnic separation systems and flight termination system installation — including safe-and-arm handling, electrical safing, stray voltage and RF hazard controls, and the two-person and lockout discipline that goes with them.</li> <li>Partner with Anduril's Explosive Engineering & Operations team on hazard classification and own the manufacturing safety controls that follow — siting, storage and licensing compliance, and the hazardous operating procedures the floor works to.</li> <li>Author and maintain work instructions, travelers and as-built records for the propulsion and ordnance operations you own, and own root cause analysis, PFMEA, process validation and first article inspection fo