Anduril Industries
New Product Introduction Engineer
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a New Product Introduction Engineer to lead the transition of aerial drone products from design to production. You'll own initial vehicle builds, manage supply chain ramp-up, resolve testing issues, and collaborate with design and production teams to scale manufacturing while maintaining quality and manufacturability.
What you'll do
- Lead and oversee initial vehicle builds for development and flight test hardware
- Manage early-stage inventory and supply chain oversight during low-rate production
- Identify and resolve development testing failures before production handoff
- Plan low-rate production facility layout and workflow
- Provide design-for-manufacturing (DFX) feedback to reduce build time and quality issues
- Transition mature products to high-rate production with the manufacturing team
What they're looking for
- CAD (Solidworks or NX preferred)
- GD&T and engineering drawing standards
- Manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, PCBA)
- Hands-on prototyping (machining, welding, soldering)
- Project and technical leadership
- Supply chain and inventory management
- Design for manufacturability and assembly (DFMA)
- Qualification testing for flight hardware
Benefits
- Competitive equity grants (majority of full-time offers)
- Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
- Opportunity to work on advanced defense technology and autonomous systems
- Hands-on involvement in cutting-edge aerial drone platforms
- Collaborative environment with design, engineering, and production teams
- Career growth in high-impact robotics and defense innovation
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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
- Describe your experience leading or owning a technical project from concept to production—what challenges did you encounter and how did you resolve them?
- Walk us through a time when you identified a manufacturing or design issue during prototyping. How did you communicate it to the design team and what was the outcome?