Industrial Engineer, Maritime Manufacturing

Santa Ana · Santa Ana, CA (OC-42) · USD 146,000-194,000 · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026

At a glance

As a Production Control Specialist on the Production Controls team, you will keep maritime products work moving for Anduril's advanced AI factory.
You will own the integrated schedule model across programs and shared resources, keeping it current as demand and capacity change.

Build and maintain the integrated schedule model across programs, resources, and work centers.
Integrate frequent changes to routings, resources, capacity, and priorities into the model.
Sequence and prioritize jobs against finite capacity constraints.
Identify schedule conflicts, infeasible sequences, and capacity shortfalls, with cause.
Track schedule adherence and report variance.
Resequence work within authorized limits as conditions change.
Record decisions and open items in the shift handoff.

Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent experience. Trade, shipyard, or military production experience is equally qualifying.
Production planning, scheduling, industrial engineering, or manufacturing operations background.
Critical chain, theory of constraints, or buffer management experience.
Low volume, high mix, or engineered-to-order environment.
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Finite capacity or constraint-based scheduling experience preferred.
Direct experience in maritime, naval, or aerospace defense, with knowledge of NAVSEA or MIL-SPEC standards.
Experience with MES and ERP systems for production and material planning: working with JIRA, Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), or Oracle or equivalents.
Aurora scheduling system experience preferred.
Experience with Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
Technical foundation in mechanical assembly, electrical integration, heavy metal or composite fabrication, or shipbuilding or large vehicle production.

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers