Defense Technical Illustrator: 2D/3D Graphics & S1000D

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Illustrator to support mission-critical defense programs by developing high-quality technical illustrations for maintenance, operations, and training documentation. This role creates and revises 2D illustrations and 3D content across Anduril products within the Deployments Technical Writing function.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience creating authoring standard-compliant illustrations (S1000D, MIL-STD-40051) and thrives in fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a technical illustrator in aerospace, defense, or government contracting.
• Proficiency with PTC IsoDraw/Rapid Author/Rapid Illustrator.
• Experience supporting DoD programs and working in regulated documentation environments.
• Ability to interpret engineering source data (drawings, models, specifications).
• Experience working with technical publication tools (Arbortext, Rapid Author, Cortona).
• Ability to relocate to onsite Costa Mesa, CA.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement S1000D compliant illustration standards across technical documentation.
• Advise technical writers and illustrators on appropriate graphic type (procedural, descriptive, parts).
• Develop and maintain illustration style guides.
• Create and revise 2D and 3D content using Rapid Illustrator in defense docs (IETMs, manuals, training manuals).
• Interpret engineering drawings, CAD models, source data and redlines to produce accurate illustrations.
• Develop exploded views, parts breakdowns, installations/removal graphics and system schematics.
• Ensure illustrations comply with S1000D, MIL-STD, and program style guides.
• Collaborate with technical writers to align graphics with procedural content.
• Manage illustrations revisions through configuration control and document change processes.
• Maintain and contribute to a reusable graphics asset library.
• Support reviews with engineering, QA, and program stakeholders.

Skills

Technical illustration

DoD program experience

Interpret engineering data

Tools

PTC IsoDraw

Rapid Illustrator

Arbortext

Oxygen

Rapid Author

Cortona

Teamcenter PLM

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Illustrator to support mission-critical defense programs by developing high-quality technical illustrations for maintenance, operations, and training documentation. This role creates and revises 2D illustrations and 3D content across Anduril products within the Deployments Technical Writing function.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience creating authoring standard-compliant illustrations (S1000D, MIL-STD-40051) and thrives in fast-paced,