Lead the recruiting for Production and Manufacturing roles, providing strategic insights, hiring strategies, and ensuring alignment with production schedules. Manage high-volume hiring while maintaining data integrity and optimizing the candidate experience.
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 ROLEAnduril is scaling production across multiple hardware programs, and our Costa Mesa facility is at the center. We’re looking for a Lead Production Recruiter who can drive high-volume hiring and operate as a strategic partner to senior leadership.
You’ll run the recruiting engine for your Production Division while also delivering data-driven insights, talent forecasts, and hiring strategies that shape operational decisions. (You will be part executor, part mentor, part humble problem solver, part reporting guru.)
This is a high-impact role with direct visibility to Directors, VPs, and cross-functional leaders across Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program teams.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Your work directly supports build execution, delivery timelines, and the company’s ability to scale mission-critical hardware. You will be the bridge between the factory floor and senior leadership, ensuring the right people are hired at the right time with the right strategy behind it.
You’ll run the recruiting engine for your Production Division while also delivering data-driven insights, talent forecasts, and hiring strategies that shape operational decisions. (You will be part executor, part mentor, part humble problem solver, part reporting guru.)
This is a high-impact role with direct visibility to Directors, VPs, and cross-functional leaders across Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program teams.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead end-to-end recruiting for Production, Planning, Materials, and Manufacturing Ops roles across multiple shifts and sites for specific business lines.
- Partner deeply with Production leaders to understand build schedules, takt-time demands, labor models, and skill requirements.
- Build and deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting on pipeline health, time-to-fill, funnel metrics, aging, candidate quality, and bottlenecks.
- Present hiring status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership with clear reasoning, data visualization, and operational context.
- Source, evaluate, and close top-tier manufacturing talent (techs through supervisors), balancing speed with quality.
- Embed yourself on the floor to understand production workflows, certification needs, and technician skill progression.
- Serve as a strategic advisor on competitive compensation, talent availability, and feasibility for upcoming ramp cycles.
- Maintain pristine ATS data hygiene and rigorously track all funnel movements across multiple roles and shifts.
- Own the candidate experience and ensure alignment with Anduril’s culture of urgency, ownership, and mission.
- 6+ years of recruiting experience, including 3+ years hiring for manufacturing, production, aerospace, automotive, or hardware environments.
- Proven ability to deliver high-volume hiring aligned to production schedules and shift expansions.
- Strong data fluency: confident with dashboards, funnel analytics, forecasting, reporting, and presenting insights to senior-level stakeholders.
- Experience building and owning hiring metrics: conversion rates, capacity modeling, hiring velocity, and headcount tracking.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence Directors, VPs, and cross-functional leaders.
- Deep understanding of assembly, integration, test, quality, and material flow within a factory environment.
- Ability to assess technician-level candidates with precision and consistency.
- High ownership and comfort operating in fast-changing, ambiguity-heavy environments.
- Self-sufficient, organized, and comfortable managing many roles at once.
Your work directly supports build execution, delivery timelines, and the company’s ability to scale mission-critical hardware. You will be the bridge between the factory floor and senior leadership, ensuring the right people are hired at the right time with the right strategy behind it.
US Salary Range
$146,000—$220,000 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:
Healthcare Benefits
- US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
- US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
- UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
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