Manufacturing Engineer II, Barracuda
Ashville · Ashville, OH (Arsenal 1) · USD 111,000-147,000 · 4+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Ashville · Ashville, OH (Arsenal 1)
- Salary
- USD 111,000-147,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As a Manufacturing Engineer II, you will independently own manufacturing processes and sub-assemblies for Barracuda as production transfers from Anduril HQ and scales to high rate at Arsenal-1.
- You'll manage the full lifecycle of your area's build package—work instructions, MBOMs, process specs, and MES configuration—while driving line optimization and yield improvement on the floor.
Responsibilities
- Execute the manufacturing of Barracuda products and sub-assemblies involving complex electromechanical integration from prototype through full-rate production, and own the complete build package for your area.
- Author and maintain all production documentation — work instructions, MBOMs, tooling and fixture specs, process specifications — ensuring they stay current as designs evolve and production scales.
- Drive line optimization in your area: analyze takt times, cycle times, and throughput data to identify bottlenecks and implement process changes that improve rate and efficiency.
- Root-cause and resolve floor issues using RCCA and 5-Why methodologies; own corrective actions through implementation and verify effectiveness via yield and quality data.
- Monitor and improve first-pass yield and defect rates; use statistical process control to identify variation and drive process stability.
- Manage MES transactions and configuration for your production area, ensuring accurate real-time traceability, work order management, and production reporting.
- Implement Lean and Six Sigma tools (5S, VSM, FMEA) in your production area; lead smaller kaizen events and standardize successful modifications across lines.
- Support technology transfer of Barracuda production processes from HQ to Arsenal-1, validating processes, tooling, and quality standards in the new facility.
- Diagnose complex equipment and tooling issues, configure and optimize parameters, and collaborate with vendors to resolve technical problems.
- Participate in design reviews to provide DFM input; collaborate with quality engineers to develop process control parameters that ensure product specifications.
Requirements
- 4+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or complex hardware production environments.
- Manufacturing engineering fundamentals: reading engineering drawings and GD&T, DFM, work instructions, tooling and fixtures.
- Hands-on experience with complex electromechanical integration — mechanical assembly, harness/cable routing, avionics, soldering, or similar.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing documentation systems (MBOMs, work instructions) and MES/ERP platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production issues independently and drive RCCA to closure.
- Comfort with ambiguity, high-rate production environments, and delivering in a resource-constrained setting.
- A world-class quality and mission-assurance mindset, a genuine hunger to learn, and flexibility for critical pushes.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred qualifications
- Manufacturing experience in aerospace, automotive/EV, industrial, or medical device environments.
- Harness and PCBA fabrication experience, including prior work with or setup/modification/monitoring of SMT processes.
- Experience with line balancing, takt time analysis, and production rate optimization.
- Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or related control systems.
- Proficiency with CAD software for designing tooling, fixtures, and production layouts.
- Experience with SPC, yield analysis, and data-driven process improvement.
- Familiarity with J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC/WHMA-A-620.
- Current active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- GD&T
- DFM
- MES
- ERP
- RCCA
- 5-Why
- Statistical Process Control
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- 5S
- VSM
- FMEA
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- CAD
- SMT
- IPC-A-610
