Senior Technical Program Manager, Production Engineering

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $160,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted: today

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Program Manager, Production Engineering

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As a Senior Technical Program Manager in Production Engineering, you will join a team dedicated to scaling the production of an innovative autonomous aircraft. Your role involves ensuring seamless transitions from design to production by establishing robust NPI and change management processes. You will drive engineering release readiness with clear criteria, assess ECO/ECN impacts on production schedules and costs, and track resolution of engineering changes that affect downstream production. Key responsibilities include building systems for measuring the handoff between engineering and production, conducting DFM reviews to ensure producibility before design lock, and leveraging quantitative models to inform decisions. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in technical program management or related roles, with experience in hardware design and manufacturing processes, managing ECO/ECN, and building reproducible analysis pipelines using version control and scripting. Experience in aerospace or autonomous systems is preferred, along with proficiency in data tools like Palantir Foundry and custom analytics stacks.

Skills

Palantir Foundry PLM systems version control scripting scalable workflows trade studies tolerance analysis process capability modeling DFM decisions complex hardware environments ECO/ECN quantitative models data tools custom analytics stacks

What you'll do

Own the schedule and cost performance of engineering-to-production transition for NPI and sustaining changes.
Drive engineering release readiness with clear criteria, blocking releases that are not production-ready.
Work with change management to assess ECO/ECN impact on production schedule, cost, and rework.
Track and drive resolution of engineering changes impacting production, owning accountability for rework rates.
Build systems to measure the handoff from engineering to production, focusing on first-pass yield and costs.

What we're looking for

5+ years in technical program management, NPI, or design-to-production roles.
Experience blocking engineering releases based on production readiness assessment.
Technical depth in hardware design and manufacturing processes to challenge engineering.
Managing engineering change processes (ECO/ECN) with impact tracing.
Comfortable building quantitative models for design and production trade decisions.

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