Head of Production, Missiles

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$261,000–$346,000 / yr
Posted
23 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Head of Production, Missiles

As the Head of Production, Missiles, you will lead the production team in scaling missile products to meet warfighter demand. You are responsible for short to mid-term strategic development, execution, and vision for a suite of products while ensuring flawless delivery across various programs. Your daily responsibilities include managing ramp plans, new product introduction, and headcount; partnering with engineering to transition products from low rate prototypes to full rate production; and coordinating with supply chain and operations teams to achieve manufacturing excellence. You will manage complex electro-mechanical assemblies and navigate high product mix environments. The role requires expertise in production fundamentals, large team leadership, and building complex supply chains within the automotive, aviation, or space industries. You will solve critical challenges related to scaling production volumes and managing inventory and costs for advanced defense systems.

Skills

What you'll do

  • Develop and execute long-term strategies to rapidly scale production volumes for missile products.
  • Manage the transition of new products from low-rate prototypes to full-rate production.
  • Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, supply chain, and operations to ensure manufacturing excellence.
  • Own production outcomes including ramp plans, New Product Introduction (NPI), headcount, and inventory costs.
  • Create and implement corporate tools and processes to support production needs.
  • Triage production resources and focus to manage shifting priorities effectively.
  • Drive workforce development and career pathing to support long-term production scaling.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years experience overseeing the production of multiple electro-mechanical assemblies with hundreds of parts.
  • Experience in ownership and successful execution of NPI for multiple complex hardware products (preferred).
  • Leadership of large teams consisting of over 100 people (preferred).
  • Proven ability to direct and lead cross-departmental teams in a matrix environment (preferred).
  • Successful examples of scaling production operations by at least 5x (preferred).
  • Mastery of production fundamentals across various production disciplines (preferred).
  • Track record of independent execution of executive-level production goals (preferred).
  • Experience building complex supply chains in automotive, aviation, space, or similar industries (preferred).

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