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LAYIQ - Senior Project Engineer, AD&S at Anduril, Costa Mesa, CA

Support the execution of MDP and PDP stage gate deliverables for manufacturing engineering across AD&S programs, working under the guidance of Staff Project Engineers to ensure completeness, technical accuracy, and on-time delivery.
Coordinate with PPMs, PMs, Chief Engineers, and ME managers to gather, organize, and prepare stage gate review decks and presentations.
Track stage gate action items, open risks, and manufacturing readiness gaps — following up with owners to drive closure ahead of gate reviews.
Review ME stage gate content for quality and completeness, flagging gaps and working with program teams to address them before reviews.
Coordinate across multiple programs running on different timelines, helping ensure each team has the information and structure needed to hit their gates.
Represent Manufacturing Engineering on ad-hoc, cross-functional projects as assigned — providing an experienced ME perspective in design trades, quality investigations, supply chain decisions, and operational problem-solving.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with design engineering, quality, supply chain, operations, and program management on a daily basis — cross-functional collaboration is the core of this job.
Drive assigned projects to completion, taking ownership from problem definition through resolution.
Help identify gaps and inconsistencies in stage gate processes and contribute to improvements that make the system more effective as programs scale.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of stage gate templates, checklists, and standards.
Travel to production sites and partner facilities as needed (<10%).
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, with exposure to product development processes, stage gate reviews, or manufacturing readiness activities.
Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and what manufacturing maturity looks like at different phases of product development — you have supported hardware from prototype through production.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with program management, design engineering, quality, supply chain, and operations.
Strong ability to build relationships across functions and drive projects to completion through collaboration, not authority.
Experience contributing to or preparing technical review presentations for engineering and program leadership.
Strong organizational and project management skills — ability to track deliverables across multiple concurrent programs and keep things moving.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate manufacturing topics into clear content for stage gate reviews.
Self-motivated and proactive — you follow through on commitments and close the loop without being chased.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where processes are still being built and refined.
Personal experience on the production floor — you have built, tested, or directly supported the manufacturing of hardware.
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

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