Anduril Industries

Manufacturing Systems Specialist

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States $77K–$130K Posted 2026-11-02
Salary
$77K–$130K
Type
Full-time
Experience
2+ yr

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.

About The Team

Anduril’s Digital Manufacturing team is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Specialist to join our team. The Digital Manufacturing team plays a pivotal role in optimizing manufacturing operations through implementation and management and advanced digital solutions. The team ensures that manufacturing processes are efficient, scalable, and integrated with the latest industry standards.

About The Role

As a Manufacturing Systems Specialist, your primary responsibility is to respond to reported manufacturing support incidents submitted by internal company stakeholders within global manufacturing user base. The right person will own the intake, evaluation, debug, escalation, communications, and tracking of reported incidents. The user base supported by this role is primarily manufacturing engineers and senior manufacturing technicians. Support case duration and technical complexity will range widely.

What You'll Do

  • Serve as the critical bridge between production operations and digital manufacturing systems (PLM/ERP/MES), identifying and resolving software issues that impact production efficiency.
  • Monitor intake of reported software problems across multiple manufacturing platforms
  • Conduct root cause analysis by observing actual manufacturing processes and how they interact with digital systems to identify disconnects between software functionality and production needs.
  • Evaluate urgency, impact, and scope of reported incidents based on real manufacturing constraints and production schedules.
  • Escalate to engineering support when required and provide clear operational context to software development about manufacturing realities.
  • Work directly with manufacturing engineers and technicians and regularly visit the production floor to understand operational context.
  • Collaborate directly with software development teams, enterprise solution architects, and manufacturing subject matter experts to drive comprehensive solutions.
  • Propose new functionality or process improvements that would enhance the operator experience, streamline production workflows, and reduce support needs.
  • Proactively identify potential unreported problems by regularly observing production processes and analyzing system data patterns.
  • Create and maintain standard operating procedures for new feature workflows.
  • Develop workarounds and best practices that accommodate both system limitations and production requirements.
  • Lead/Coordinate training for new feature rollouts.
  • Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders across the business.

Required Qualifications

  • 2+ years in technical support, deployment, or system maintenance roles.
  • Hands-on expertise debug expertise with integrated enterprise systems, including MES, ERP, PLM.
  • Demonstrated ability to multitask competing support demands in fast paced environment.
  • Functional understanding of basic manufacturing concepts, processes and terminology; and how they relate to software tools and data objects.
  • History of collaborative engagement with software engineers.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range
$77,000 — $130,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.  For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams

Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

•

No Financial Requests:  Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

  • Please always verify communications:
  • Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
  • Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected] .

•

Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach:  If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

•

What to Do If You Suspect Fraud:  Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to  [email protected] . Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/ .

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

$60K — 10th pctl $230K — 90th pctl
This role’s midpoint $103K vs. market median $130K for Operations roles
-20%
below median
Based on 10,000+ Operations roles with disclosed salary ranges tracked on NewJob.
Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries

Defense Tech · Series H · Costa Mesa, USA

Stage & Valuation
Series H · $61B
Key Investors
Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz
Open roles on NewJob
Most hiring in
Engineering (644) · BizOps (165) · Operations (99)
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that specializes in developing advanced autonomous systems to enhance national security. The company builds AI-powered hardware and software to protect US and allied forces.
Defense Tech Autonomous Systems AI
E
Senior SCADA Controls Engineer, Rocket Motor Systems
McHenry, Mississippi, United States
Engineering
E
Senior NC Programmer
Santa Ana, California, United States
Engineering
$132K–$220K
E
Senior Flight Test Engineer, Maneuver Dominance
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Engineering
$145K–$190K
See all 1,000+ roles at Anduril Industries →
A
Program Manager, Manufacturing Systems & Processes
ALTEN Technology USA Foster City, CA
Operations
$115K–$130K
A
Staff Manufacturing Systems Analyst
Archer Aviation San Jose, CA
Operations
$140K–$175K
C
Senior IT Systems Specialist
Clearway Energy Group Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Hybrid
Operations
$110K–$120K
D
Tech Systems Specialist
Davis Technology Management DFW Hybrid
Operations
$65K–$80K
See all Operations roles →

Interested in this role?

Apply directly on the company site — no recruiter middleman, no account required.

Apply now →
Apply on company site