Advanced Config Design Engineer - UAS & Missiles

Mosaic.tech; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Strong career growth

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Configuration Design Engineer to shape the early design of next‑gen Group 5 UAS and missile platforms. You will craft flight‑ready configurations, develop advanced NX surfaces, and perform rapid trade studies to optimize performance and manufacturability.

You will collaborate with Chief Engineers, systems engineers, and customers to translate mission requirements into robust, affordable concepts, ensuring readiness for rapid development cycles and customer reviews.

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of conceptual/preliminary design experience in aircraft, UAS, or missile systems.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling and advanced surfacing (NX preferred, CATIA or Creo).
• Experience executing multidisciplinary trade studies across aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, and mass properties.

Responsibilities

• Lead physical layout, sizing, and configuration design of air vehicles and missile systems from concept to preliminary design.
• Develop parametric CAD models and high-fidelity OML/IML lofts.
• Conduct rapid multidisciplinary trade studies for engine selection, propulsion integration, and planform geometry.
• Drive spatial integration across subsystems, manage keep-in/keep-out zones for avionics and payloads.
• Support CFD/FEA/RF/IR analysis with clean surface models.
• Incorporate survivability principles into early-stage designs to reduce RF/IR signatures.
• Estimate mass properties, CG, and stability margins; collaborate with engineers and customers.

Skills

3D parametric CAD modeling

Advanced surfacing

Multidisciplinary trade studies

Communication & collaboration

US Secret clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace or Mechanical Eng

MS/PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Eng (preferred)

Tools

Siemens NX

CATIA

Creo

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Configuration Design Engineer to shape the early design of next‑gen Group 5 UAS and missile platforms. You will craft flight‑ready configurations, develop advanced NX surfaces, and perform rapid trade studies to optimize performance and manufacturability.

You will collaborate with Chief Engineers, systems engineers, and customers to translate mission requirements into robust, affordable concepts, ensuring readiness for rapid development cycles and customer reviews.