- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- AshvilleOhioUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Aug 6, 2026
- Salary
- $126,000–$167,000 a year
Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer, Altius
Job description
The Launched Effects team at Anduril is responsible for scaling the manufacturing and delivery of the Altius family of systems (including the Altius-600 and Altius-700). As the premier Air-Launched Effects platform for the U.S. military and its allies, Altius is redefining modern warfare. These tube-launched, autonomous aerial systems must be built to survive extreme deployment environments, requiring precision manufacturing of advanced composites, complex avionics, and modular payload integrations for ISR, Electronic Warfare, and kinetic strike capabilities.
As a Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer you will be responsible for ensuring that we are testing our systems to stringent standards…
Job responsibilities
- Maintain ownership of test activities in production and ensuring production test flow. Provide hands-on troubleshooting efforts and resolve complex electrical issues found during testing
- Maintain test capabilities across the manufacturing value stream - from system level checkouts and acceptance testing to key component level in process validation
- Improve and sustain existing test systems to improve automation, consistency, total cycle time, and test coverage (DfM)
- Improve and sustain test work instructions that can be easily followed by technician team in MES. Train technicians on equipment use as required
- Develop library of common failure modes with troubleshooting guide/diagrams for fast issue resolution
- Determine root cause of product failures and recommend appropriate corrective actions (RCCA)
- Work with Design, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering teams to support customer returns and failure analysis
- Analyze test data, document results, and provide detailed reports to identify defects and areas for improvement
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience with emphasis on manufacturing test and product sustainment
- Familiarity with Linux, Ubuntu, Python, and NixOS
- Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, function generators, spectrum analyzers, data acquisition and measurement sensors
- Strong root cause analysis skills of non-conforming hardware
- Experience with hands on system troubleshooting
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills
- Familiar with Product Life Cycle (PLM) systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and Test Execution Systems (TES)
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