CAD Drafter

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a CAD Drafter to support mechanical design and configuration management. You will maintain assemblies, manage derivative configurations, and ensure precise drawings align with engineering direction and BOM decisions.

Ideal candidates bring NX CAD expertise, Teamcenter experience, strong attention to detail, and the ability to interface with design, performance, and sourcing teams in a fast-paced environment. U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience with CAD in Siemens NX.
• Experience working in Siemens Teamcenter
• Proficient in mechanical drawings, ASME Y14.5 GD&T.
• Good mechanical intuition - excellent at understanding how components interact in larger mechanical systems
• Excellent attention to detail.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Maintain complex assemblies and derivative configurations of those assemblies
• Conduct interference studies prior to release of assemblies
• Update drawings based on direction from design and performance engineers
• Place new components in assemblies
• Update engineering Bill of Materials based on decisions of configuration management board
• Coordinate with sourcing, design engineering, and configuration management on the cut in dates of new components and assemblies

Skills

CAD Siemens NX

Siemens Teamcenter

ASME Y14.5 GD&T

Mechanical intuition

Attention to detail

U.S. Person status

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or relevant

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter

Job description

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.

WHY WE'RE HERE:
We are looking for a CAD Drafter to support our mechanical design and configuration management efforts. This role keeps our engineering data accurate and release-ready — maintaining complex assemblies and their derivative configurations, turning engineering direction into clean drawings, and keeping the engineering Bill of Materials aligned with configuration management board decisions. You will work day to day with design engineering, performance engineering, and sourcing to make sure design intent is captured correctly and new components make it into production on schedule.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Maintain complex assemblies and derivative configurations of those assemblies
• Conduct interference studies prior to release of assemblies
• Update drawings based on direction from design and performance engineers
• Place new components in assemblies
• Update engineering Bill of Materials based on decisions of configuration management board
• Coordinate with sourcing, design engineering, and configuration management on the cut in dates of new components and assemblies

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with CAD in Siemens NX.
• Experience working in Siemens Teamcenter
• Proficient in mechanical drawings, ASME Y14.5 GD&T.
• Good mechanical intuition - excellent at understanding how components interact in larger mechanical systems
• Excellent attention to detail.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in aerospace industry
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or relevant
• Experience in mechanical design of components from early conceptual phase into production
• Detailed assembly stackup development.
• Experience working in high volume manufacturing environment

US Salary Range

$99,000 - $130,000 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:

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

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