Air Vehicle Lead, Missiles

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks an Air Vehicle Lead to drive the mechanical development of autonomous air vehicles from concept through flight test. You will shape requirements, lead system architecture, and oversee CAD design, fabrication, and integration of airframe subsystems.

You will guide a multidisciplinary team of 10–25 engineers, lead design reviews, and coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure successful transitions from prototype to production.

Formación

• Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of aerospace experience in a professional setting.
• Working knowledge of MIL standards and industry best practices.
• Strong understanding of air vehicle conceptual design and transitioning to flying/deployable systems.
• Familiarity with aircraft subsystems and development methods (aero-performance, structures, avionics, propulsion, etc.).
• Experience creating, organizing, and managing complex vehicle development designs in CAD.
• Experience developing and using aircraft sizing tools.
• Experience with prototype and production airframe manufacturing methods (composites and metallics).
• Demonstrate leadership to manage scope, schedules, and teamwork; maintain security clearance.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the mechanical development of autonomous air vehicles from concept to flight test.
• Derive and shape internal and external requirements.
• Drive system architecture to meet performance, rate, and cost targets.
• Hands-on design, analysis, fabrication, and assembly of airframes and subsystems.
• Lead design reviews, present to customers, and coordinate with vendors.
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition to production.
• Travel to test sites and support customer discussions as needed.
• Provide technical leadership for a team of 10–25 engineers.

Conocimientos

Leadership

CAD

Air vehicle concepts

Requirements derivation

Educación

Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field

Herramientas

NX/Teamcenter

Descripción del empleo

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 TEAM

We are looking for anAir Vehicle Leadto join our rapidly growingAir Dominance and Striketeam in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for the mechanical development ofnew missile systems. This will require strong understanding of and experience developing advanced air vehicles from concept to delivery. If you are someone who thrives in a fast moving environment and you have experience driving design solutions then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead the mechanical development of new autonomous air vehicles, from initial system layout and conceptual design through detail design, fabrication, and flight test
• Derive and shape requirements both internally and externally
• Drive system architecture and design solutions in order to meet performance, rate, and cost requirements
• Hands‑on development of aircraft, airframe, and subsystem detailed design, analysis, fabrication, and assembly
• Lead design reviews, present to customers, visit vendors, help define and execute test plans
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
• Travel to test sites and support customer discussions as needed
• Provide individual contributions in addition to technical leadership and oversight for a team of 10 to 25 multidisciplinary engineers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of aerospace experience in a professional setting
• Working knowledge of MIL standards and industry best practices
• Strong understanding and experience developing air vehicle conceptual designs and transitioning them to flying and deployable systems
• Familiarity with key aircraft subsystems and their development methods, including aero-performance, stability and control, structures, mechanisms, avionics, propulsion, fuel systems, thermodynamics, electrical integration, etc.
• Experience creating, organizing, and managing complex vehicle development designs in CAD
• Experience developing and using aircraft sizing tools
• Experience with prototype and production airframe manufacturing methods including composites and metallics
• Demonstrate leadership skills to manage scope and schedules, deconflict issues, communicate up and down the chain, maximize teamwork and collaboration in a dynamic environment.
• Must possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's in aerospace, mechanical engineering or related field
• Working knowledge of NX/Teamcenter
• Experience with air launched expendable systems
• Experience with air breathing high sub-sonic or super sonic expendable systems
• Experience with liquid or solid rocket motors on expendable systems
• Hands‑on manufacturing or fabrication experience