About This Role
This Packaging Engineer role within the Supply Chain team focuses on developing and maintaining end-to-end packaging solutions for supplier packaging, internal packaging, and finished goods. It is a proactive, high-impact position crucial for securing critical components, materials, and services that protect and transport products. The ideal candidate will demonstrate holistic ownership in solving operational challenges with creative solutions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment, and be flexible to provide support to ensure products are built and shipped under stringent quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain to design packaging that protects high-value and sensitive technology during transport, storage, and deployment
- Lead the design of internal packaging solutions for delivering and presenting parts to the production line and work with the Material Flow Engineering and Industrial Engineering teams on the implementation
- Conduct material selection and supplier packaging evaluations to ensure packaging components meet technical requirements
- Develop and review prototype requirements, execute against build milestones, and lead sourcing activities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to aid in accurate demand forecasting, procurement planning, and timely delivery of packaging and materials
- Lead risk assessments and investigations for packaging-related issues in transportation and storage
- Utilize ERP & WMS software systems and tools to track packaging inventory, generate reports, and provide data-driven insights to support decision-making and optimization measures
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, safety standards, and quality control protocols in all material management activities
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in packaging engineering in a high-rate supply chain or manufacturing environment, where complex mechanical and/or electrical assemblies are built
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Nice to have:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or materials engineering
- Experience with packaging solutions in the automotive, defense, semiconductor, or other relevant industries
- Experience or familiarity with relevant defense packaging and transportation standards
- Strong knowledge of supply chain principles, inventory management techniques, and material planning strategies
- Detail-oriented, highly organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in using software systems and tools
About the Company
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. It brings the expertise, technology, and business model of innovative 21st-century companies to the defense industry, 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 real-time, 3D command and control center. The company is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military rapidly.
