What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Program Manager, Factory Design position at Anduril Industries?
About the Role
We are seeking a Technical Program Manager, Factory Design to join our team. As a Technical Program Manager, you will be the connective tissue within the production organization to drive efficient, on-time production and start-up at our new 5M sq ft manufacturing facility, Arsenal-1.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and own the integrated solution for Arsenal-1 factory layout design, incorporating lean manufacturing principles, linear flow, and visual management.
- Question requirements in product design, layout design, and facility design to ensure cost- and schedule-effective solutions.
- Support design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the line(s), material flow, and production support processes at new factory sites.
- Provide strategic recommendations on product transitions and allocations across sites to optimize manufacturing resources.
- Analyze proposed production improvements based on CapEx, headcount, or process changes.
- Maintain and understand production capacity plans and constraints across several demand scenarios and several product lines.
- Create analytical tools to address delivery, capacity, and cost issues and guide decision-making.
- Lead hands-on: set an example and expedite project completion.
Requirements:
- ~5 years of experience as program manager for a manufacturing facility or process, industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer, or production/process engineer for hardware products.
- ~ Layout development in CAD software for manufacturing processes and facilities.
- ~ Ability to work hands-on in a manufacturing environment, next to operations and manufacturing engineering.
- ~ Experience with capacity planning and business operating scenario analysis.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior work with architecture and infrastructure engineering partners and/or general contractors.
- Process improvement, including justification of return on investment for process or operational changes.
- Application of lean manufacturing and linear flow principles in a production environment.
- Automation development for manufacturing processes in assembly, integration, test, and finishing operations.
About Anduril Industries
We are a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Our family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center.
