Lab Manager, Space

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 JOB

Anduril’s Space Manufacturing team is seeking a Lab Manager to join our team. The Space Manufacturing team is responsible for the assembly, integration, and test of ground support equipment, PCBA, unit-level, and integrated systems that are vital for our aerospace and defense operations.

This role owns the day-to-day operation, readiness, and discipline of our Space Manufacturing lab spaces across three locations — our operational HQA space lab, the 3030 temporary cleanroom now being built, and the new facility (graded ISO 5–8) now being built to support development and low-rate builds of spaceflight hardware.

As the Lab Manager, you will own the labs themselves: the cleanroom and contamination-control program, lab safety practices, equipment and calibration readiness, and the flow of materials and consumables that keep build and test running across all three sites. You will work closely with corporate facilities, EHS, and metrology partners to keep building systems and compliance programs serving the labs, and you will help transition work into the our new facility as it comes online.

As the sites grow, you will also help hire and develop the technicians and specialists who keep these spaces running — but in the near term this is a working role: you will do much of the hands-on work yourself. This is a hands-on ownership role for someone who wants to be the person the floor relies on to keep demanding lab and cleanroom environments operating to spec, in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment. If you are someone who thrives in such an environment, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own the daily operation and readiness of all three Space Manufacturing lab spaces — the HQA space lab, the 3030 temporary cleanroom (under construction), and the new facility (under construction) — including gowning/anterooms, air showers, test bays, subassembly and assembly zones, and storage, so build and test run without lab-driven downtime.
• Own the contamination-control program for each cleanroom (graded ISO 5–8): gowning protocols and throughput, continuous particle monitoring, cleanroom certification cadence, and consumables (garments, gloves, wipes) stock and flow.
• Manage lab equipment, assets, and material flow across the sites: check-in/check-out and asset tracking, calibration and metrology scheduling (in-house and vendor), preventive maintenance, tool/fixture readiness, and receiving/kitting/stores/consumables flow in coordination with supply chain and quality.
• Serve as the day-to-day lab point of contact for safety: enforce safe work practices, oversee hazardous-material and specialty-gas handling and storage in the labs, and partner with EHS on chemical handling, permits, and audits.
• Serve as the lab’s voice to corporate facilities and shared services: define what each space needs, and coordinate with facilities/maintenance and outside vendors on AHUs, environmental monitoring, compressed and specialty gases (including nitrogen purge), repairs, moves, and space changes to keep systems in spec and serviced.
• Drive lab standards and documentation: cleanroom operating procedures, gowning and contamination-control work instructions, safety procedures, and the certification/monitoring records that keep every space audit-ready.
• Lead the transition of work into the new facility as it comes online — plan space, systems, and support-staff needs for each phase, help stand up new areas, and manage the wind-down of temporary space as capability moves.
• Partner with AI&T, manufacturing engineering, and program teams to sequence work across the sites and keep WIP moving.
• Operate as a working lead: perform the hands-on lab, cleanroom, and equipment work directly while helping hire, mentor, and direct the technicians and specialists the sites need as they scale
• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years operating or managing a manufacturing lab, cleanroom, or comparable controlled production environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical/science discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience operating or managing an ISO-classified cleanroom (ISO 5–8 or equivalent) or other contamination-controlled environment.
• 2+ years working with cleanroom systems — environmental and particle monitoring, gowning and air-shower discipline, cleanroom certification requirements, and working knowledge of the HVAC/AHUs that support them.
• Hands-on safety experience with hazardous-material and compressed/specialty-gas handling and storage, including 1+ year acting as a floor- or lab-level safety point of contact.
• Experience managing lab equipment, a calibration/metrology program, and asset tracking across 50+ tools/assets (or a comparable-scale lab), plus receiving/inventory/consumables flow.
• Experience owning readiness for 2+ distinct lab or cleanroom spaces (or a multi-room/multi-building site) at once, including coordinating moves and stand-up of new space.
• 2+ years leading or mentoring a team (formal management or team-lead), with the ability to stay hands-on in the day-to-day while helping hire and develop others.
• Experience building and enforcing procedures and keeping a lab audit ready, and willing to work on-site full-time in a fast-paced hardware environment, coordinating across engineering, operations, quality, and vendors.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical-device, or optics/sensor manufacturing.
• Familiarity with ISO 5 (Class 100) operations and open-die / optical / sensor assembly cleanliness requirements.
• Experience standing up a new lab or cleanroom, or bringing 1+ new cleanroom phases/areas online.
• Familiarity with quality and workmanship standards relevant to the work (e.g., IPC-610/620, AS9100, NASA-STD-8739 series).
• Experience coordinating EHS programs and specialty-gas / hazmat storage at scale.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

US Salary Range

$146,000 — $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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