Chief Engineer, Fury: Advanced Air Vehicle Prototyping

Andurilindustries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 254,000 - 336,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Chief Engineer for Fury in Science & Tech to act as the senior technical authority for conceptual design, applied S&T, and experimental development of advanced flight platforms. You will drive technical execution from modeling to test of air systems, guided by customer needs and strategic program goals.

You will shape architecture, feasibility, and maturation paths across aerodynamics, propulsion, autonomy, and mission systems while coordinating with multi‑disciplinary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years direct experience in conceptual design and architecture of complete air vehicle platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading conceptual design and early‑phase system architecture for full aircraft or complex flight systems.
• Strong systems‑level thinking across all air vehicle engineering domains.
• Hands‑on experience with real flight hardware, experimentation, or test activities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead early conceptual design of entire advanced air vehicle platforms: configuration exploration, trade studies, and performance modeling.
• Apply first-principles thinking across air vehicle engineering: aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, flight controls, GNC, low observables, autonomy, and mission systems to evaluate concepts.
• Identify and mature key scientific and technical breakthroughs for new operational capability through novel air vehicle designs.
• Balance creativity with engineering realism, ensuring executable technology paths for complete air vehicle solutions.
• Define holistic system architectures integrating air vehicle design, mission systems, autonomy, and manufacturing from the outset.
• Lead cross-disciplinary trade studies and modeling to understand interactions, sensitivities, and failure modes across the entire flight system.
• Guide concepts from exploration to prototype‑ready air vehicle designs.

Skills

Systems thinking

Leadership

Hands-on hardware testing

Creative problem solving

Conceptual design leadership

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Flight test hardware

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Chief Engineer for Fury in Science & Tech to act as the senior technical authority for conceptual design, applied S&T, and experimental development of advanced flight platforms. You will drive technical execution from modeling to test of air systems, guided by customer needs and strategic program goals.

You will shape architecture, feasibility, and maturation paths across aerodynamics, propulsion, autonomy, and mission systems while coordinating with multi‑disciplinary