Head of Manufacturing Test Engineering
Anduril Industries
Quick summary
Market check
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $147,162–$202,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $170k versus about $175k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 884 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 854 roles with salary data.
Most-posted roles
At a glance
Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering The Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering joins the Air Dominance & Strike team to lead a multi-disciplinary group of sixteen engineers across firmware, hardware, software, electrical, and data acquisition disciplines. This leader oversees the design, development, and maintenance of production-grade test systems, fixtures, and automation for autonomous aircraft, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions. Key responsibilities include defining manufacturing test strategies from board-level PCBA testing through full system acceptance, managing equipment roadmaps, and establishing standardized procedures for failure analysis and data management. The role requires expertise in test automation frameworks, including LabVIEW, TestStand, or Python-based systems, alongside experience with boundary scan, in-circuit test, and environmental stress screening. This position solves the critical challenge of ensuring high-volume production reliability by aligning manufacturing test capabilities with rapid development timelines for complex aerospace and defense hardware products.
Skills
What you'll do
What we're looking for
More like this
Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries
Nvidia
Anduril Industries