Manufacturing Technician, Dive-XL
Anduril Industries · Quonset, RI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Quonset, RI. Design, prototype, and scale manufacturing jigs and fixtures to improve build and test efficiency.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Robotics, Machining, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$91k.
Median of the low and high ends of 52 live postings that list pay, out of 958 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 768 other live manufacturing postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)
Typical $72k–$104k, from 85 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 49%
- ✓ Tooling 39%
- CNC 32%
- ✓ Machining 30%
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This plant: Anduril Industries in Quonset
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Full description from Anduril IndustriesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you'll do
- ◆Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists on AUV assembly and integration efforts
- ◆Build, integrate, and test complex electro-mechanical assemblies into our world class AUVs
- ◆Routing and servicing high-reliability cabling and wiring harnesses
- ◆Design, prototype, and scale manufacturing jigs and fixtures to improve build and test efficiency
- ◆Fabricate and modify machined parts and COTS components
- ◆Contribute to all stages of the vehicle product development and manufacturing life cycle and provide feedback to the engineering team
- ◆Help develop, document, and improve our workflows
- ◆Help organize and establish our on-site manufacturing workflow
- ◆Potential of traveling offshore to support our operations team
Required qualifications
- ✓3+ years of relevant experience in a mechanical field (automotive/marine, aerospace, industrial equipment)
- ✓Familiar with simple fabrication processes, basic hand tools, and both plastic/metal part manufacturing
- ✓A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
- ✓A full understanding of the manufacturing life cycle
- ✓Experience working off of technical documentation and engineering drawings
- ✓Commitment to a high-quality product and strong sense of personal accountability
- ✓Familiarity with building and maintaining electromechanical systems
- ✓Extremely organized and detail-oriented
- ✓Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- ✓Has a never-ending sense of urgency and enthusiasm
- ✓Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Experience in sub-sea robotics (AUVs, UUVs, underwater equipment)
- ✓Previous experience hoisting equipment or MA state hoisting license (overhead gantry, rigging)
- ✓Experience working with electrical components up to 400VDc
- ✓Proficiency with electrical debug including use of tools such as a digital multimeter
- ✓Machining and/or 3D printing experience
US Hourly Range
Manufacturing Technician/Level 2: $29.81 - $39.43/hour
Manufacturing Technician/Level 3: $33.18 - $44.24/hour
Your job level will be tailored to your individual qualifications, including your job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- ✓Please always verify communications:
- ✓Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
- ✓Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by rea
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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 is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform, and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.
About the job
We are looking for a Manufacturing Technician to join our growing team in Quonset, RI. In this role, you will work on cutting-edge technology advancing subsea robotics and play a key role in delivering our AUVs to our customers. Working in a multi-disciplinary environment to scale our AUV production system, this role will involve assembling complex electro-mechanical assemblies, performing sub-assembly testing and integrating them into the final product to be ready for service!
