Staff Mechanical Product Engineer (Platform)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. About the Role The Staff Product Engineer serves as the primary design engineering presence on the production floor, bridging the gap between design intent and production execution. The role sits within Platform Engineering organisation and dispositions nonconformances and Material Review Board (MRB) actions, resolves design questions in real time, and closes the loop between production and design so that issues get root caused and fixed at the source. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical judgement, the ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced production environment, and the credibility to influence both design engineers and production teams. You will be expected to drive systemic improvements, cutting repeat nonconformances through changes to the design and documentation, as well as resolving individual issues. Key Responsibilities Production Floor Engineering Support • Serve as the primary design engineering point of contact on the production floor for assigned programs and product lines • Represent the design authority at Material Review Board (MRB), working with Quality and Manufacturing to minimise production hold time without compromising product safety and integrity • Resolve production process-blockers, design ambiguities, and drawing interpretation issues in real time, exercising engineering judgement within defined authority boundaries • Provide rapid-response engineering support and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to Production, Quality, and Test teams for part and sub-assembly nonconformance resolution, use-as-is/rework/scrap decisions, and repair dispositions • Identify and escalate systemic design issues to core Design Engineering teams with clear problem statements, data, and recommended corrective actions Design Intent Translation & Multi-Site Support • Support the translation of design intent into production-executable work across multiple product versions, configurations, and manufacturing sites • Support the stand-up and ramp of production at new or expanding manufacturing sites, ensuring design engineering knowledge transfers effectively • Raise and implement engineering changes to correct production issues that originate in the design, through the Anduril configuration management and change process • Feed production observations, failure modes and DFM/DFA opportunities back into Platform Mechanical design work through structured feedback, prioritised using data Design to Production Interface • Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering on work instruction (WI) development, tooling validation, and First Article Inspection (FAI) activities, communicating the design intent and acceptance criteria • Own the resolution of EBOM discrepancies found in production, and give engineering input to Configuration Management and Manufacturing Engineering on PLM workflows, BOM reconciliation and work instruction tooling • Identify patterns across nonconformances, test failures and build issues, and lead engineering root cause analysis and design corrective action im