Facilities and Site Manager, Space

Andurils Space Manufacturing team is seeking a Facilities and Site 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 that support development and low-rate builds of spaceflight hardware.

As the Facilities and Site Manager you will own the facility systems the cleanroom and contamination-control program safety equipment and the flow of materials and consumables that keep build and test running across three sites. You will also build and lead your own team over time but in the near term this is a working-manager role: you will do much of the hands-on work yourself while hiring and developing the technicians and specialists who keep these spaces running scaling the team as the sites grow. 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.

• This role owns the day-to-day operation readiness and discipline of our Space Manufacturing lab spaces across three locations that support development and low-rate builds of spaceflight hardware including gowning/anterooms air showers test bays subassembly and assembly zones and storage so build and test run without facility-driven downtime.
• Build and lead the site support team contamination-control facilities/maintenance and lab technicians and specialists: hire to plan set direction and priorities develop and mentor the team and manage the near term operate as a working manager performing the hands-on facility cleanroom and equipment work directly while standing up and scaling the team.
• Serve as the single site point of contact for facilities at each location: coordinate building services maintenance and repairs moves space changes and outside vendors and keep each space configured for the work it hosts.
• Own the contamination-control program for each cleanroom (graded ISO 58): gowning protocols and throughput continuous particle monitoring cleanroom certification cadence and consumables (garments gloves wipes) stock and flow.
• Coordinate cleanroom and facility systems and their upkeep across sites AHUs environmental monitoring compressed and specialty gases (including nitrogen purge) and building support systems with facilities/maintenance and vendors to keep systems in spec and serviced.
• Serve as the day-to-day safety point of contact for each site: enforce safe work practices coordinate hazardous-material and specialty-gas handling and storage and interface with EHS on chemical handling permits and audits.
• 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.
• Drive lab and facility 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 Valinor 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years operating or managing a manufacturing lab cleanroom or comparable controlled production environment.
• Bachelors 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 58 or equivalent) or other contamination-controlled environment.
• 2 years working with cleanroom facility systems HVAC/AHUs environmental and particle monitoring gowning and air-shower discipline and cleanroom certification requirements.
• 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 facilities and 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 operate as a working manager hands-on in the day-to-day while hiring developing and building a team.
• Strong organization and documentation discipline (able to build and enforce procedures and keep 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.

• 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.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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