Manufacturing Engineer, Composites Development
Anduril Industries · Morrisville, NC
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Morrisville, NC.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- GD&T, AS9100, CNC, Machining, Tooling, CATIA / NX
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in North Carolina: typical posted base $97k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 40 manufacturing engineer openings in North Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 39 other live manufacturing postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Typical $89k–$134k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 45%
- Lean 38%
- Root cause 33%
- Team leadership 30%
- New product launch 25%
- Six Sigma 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Anduril Industries in Morrisville
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Full description from Anduril IndustriesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
to achieve the needed quality, delivered on schedule
- ✓Develop manufacturing processes to lower risk as the product moves from its prototype/LRIP phase into FRP
- ✓Work with the Program Managers to inform critical decision points to ensure on-time delivery
- ✓Drive RCCAs alongside the quality team to eliminate production blockers and recurring issues
Required qualifications
- ✓2+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably with a focus on one or more composite manufacturing methods
- ✓A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
- ✓Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings including GD&T
- ✓Proficiency in CAD/CAM software (NX preferred)
- ✓Experience with MS Office and/or project management software skills
- ✓Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
- ✓U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technology related field
- ✓Experience supporting aerospace, defense, automotive, and/or energetics facilities
- ✓Experience working within a AS9100/NADCAP accredited manufacturing facility
- ✓Proficiency in TeamCenter for digital manufacturing processes
- ✓Experience in multiple composite manufacturing processes including (but not limited to): filament winding, autoclave processing, VARTM, prepregs, and hydraulic press processing
- ✓Understanding of CNC Machining operation and limitations – 5-axis routers, lathes, mills, etc
$99,000 — $152,000 USD
Benefits
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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 team
Anduril’s Manufacturing team is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team to support Anduril Composites branch in North Carolina . This Manufacturing Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge composite parts and assemblies for numerous business lines across Anduril. This role encompasses everything in the manufacturing value-chain, including, but not limited to, MBOM Management, Work Instruction creation, Design for Manufacturability work, work cell optimization, tool design & selection, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing & interaction, quality planning, and work documentation associated with the composite and metallic structures.
About the job
The right person for this role can demonstrate experience in taking a novel design and iterating with different IPTs (Design, Supply Chain, Quality, etc) to reach a manufacturable product. This person has an understanding of composite failure modes that are considered in the initial design and how those translate to manufacturing methods used on the end product.
What you’ll do
- •Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building novel designs of anything between a Group 1 UAVs to an XL-UAV with a focus on appropriate composite design and manufacturing methods in mind
- •Work with design engineering teams in the design phase to influence decision points that enable higher level of manufacturability prior to initial design release
- •Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building composite components and tooling in close conjunction with design engineering teams
- •Write manufacturing documentation, such as work instructions, MBOMs, quality plans, inspection requirements, non-conformances, while also completing said work instructions, quality plans, and inspections alongside a team of technicians and inspectors
- •Work as a conduit between the engineering technical data packages and the technicians to ensure composite hardware and tooling are manufactured as designed/analyzed
- •Solve manufacturing problems in schedule-driven environment under the constraints of detailed specifications and