Head of Production, Imaging
Anduril Industries · Waltham, MA
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level production role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Waltham, MA. Be a partner to Anduril Imaging leadership for Manufacturing strategy.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- AS9100, MES
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $140k–$180k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 17 production engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 16 other live production postings in Massachusetts.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 8+)
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 35%
- Lean 35%
- New product launch 29%
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This plant: Anduril Industries in Waltham
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Required qualifications
- ✓10+ years in a Production leadership role with a track record of successfully scaling products from prototype to full rate production on the order of 1000s.
- ✓Strong ability to work cross-functionally in an unstructured, ambiguous environment. Startup experience preferred.
- ✓Experience with discrete production operations in a deeply technical industry such as aerospace, consumer electronics, medical, or automotive. Production engineering manufacturing experience also a plus.
- ✓Must have owned a new product ramp through full rate production.
- ✓Experience managing a P&L in a Production environment.
- ✓Experience managing workforce of at least 100+ employees across quality, supply chain, manufacturing engineering and technicians.
- ✓Relentless drive for continuous improvement and solving high impact business problems through highly leveraged process, business systems, and data.
- ✓Strong outcome orientation with the ability to drive initiatives from inception to implementation and adoption. Willing and able to dive into tactical execution mode to move the effort forward.
- ✓Ability to work with a strong engineering team on a technical level.
- ✓Positive and inspirational leader with the demonstrated ability to assess, attract and retain high-quality talent and build high-performing teams.
- ✓Strong problem solving and analytic skills with the ability to understand how problems and their solutions fit with the wider organization and its operations.
- ✓Bachelor of Science or higher degree in a technical discipline preferred, not required.
- ✓Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
$261,000 — $346,000 USD
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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
The Imaging Business Line, within Mission Systems Division, is responsible for tackling the most difficult problems involving computer vision, perception, electro-optical, infrared, and sensor data. The team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software. Imaging products are deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The Imaging team is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
We are seeking a Senior Director to coordinate all of our production operations across a variety of objectives and locations. The Head of Production owns execution, operational direction, career pathing, and production vision for a suite of Anduril products. Your job will be to provide consistent, flawless execution for a variety of products and programs.
What you’ll do
- •Own all Production outcomes such as, ramp plan, Headcount, etc.
- •Drive all people and resources to drive all production outcomes.
- •Serve as tactical leader for Anduril’s rapidly growing production operations for a product or suite of products.
- •Hold cross functional teams accountable to meeting demands, deadlines and goals to deliver the production on time and within budget.
- •Drive Production, Supply Chain, and Quality, teams to build and execute upon Anduril’s 5-year strategic vision to become a next-generation aerospace and defense manufacturer, capable of full rate production.
- •Deliver production outcomes as the products mature from production development to full rate production.
- •Build strong partnerships with Engineering, Deployment Operations, and Program Management to execute success.
- •Mature products from low rate to full rate production by driving processes and systems as needed throughout the product development lifecycle.
- •Establish and manage team to financial, quality, and on-time delivery KPIs to understand how our manufacturing operations are impacting our business.
- •Advise on development and oversee implementation of digital technologies, from PLM and ERP to our custom MES and QMS systems, that enable our production operations to efficiently scale while meeting customer requirements.
- •Be accountable to AS9100D guidelines.
- •Be a partner to Anduril Imaging leadership for Manufacturing strategy.