Engineering Test Technician: Build & Calibrate Test Systems

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an Engineering Test Technician to join the Costa Mesa, CA team. You will build test equipment and test cells, troubleshoot across multiple hardware platforms, and help ensure equipment uptime.

Travel to test sites and laboratories, program WATLOW controllers, and support customer demonstrations when needed. The role requires hands-on fabrication, electrical and instrumentation experience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining safety

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in an engineering technician capacity or similar.
• Experience with wire harnessing, electrical layout, and enclosure build out.
• Familiarity with Jira or other agile development software.
• Familiarity with basic AC/DC power (single-phase, three-phase).
• Experience with machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, and 3D printing.
• Demonstrated hands‑on fabrication and assembly skills.
• Instrumentation installation and checkout experience (strain gauge application, sensor calibration, thermocouple install, cable harness assembly, etc.).
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, demanding, flexible team environment.
• Eligible to obtain / maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Build test equipment and execute test procedures to inform and validate design decisions.
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.
• Travel to test sites and remote labs as needed.
• Program test controllers such as WATLOW F4s, and F4Ts.
• Set up data acquisition systems for environmental tests.
• Maintain lab spaces to a high level of organization and professionalism.
• Promote lab safety training and processes, fostering an environment and culture to promote safety as the number one priority.
• Promote proper maintenance of capital equipment including environmental chambers, electrodynamic shakers, and data acquisition equipment.
• Advance testing training materials and keep technical documentation updated.

Skills

3+ years

wire harnessing

electrical layout

Jira

AC/DC power

machining

3D printing

fabrication

sensor calibration

data acquisition

Tools

WATLOW F4/F4T

DAQ systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an Engineering Test Technician to join the Costa Mesa, CA team. You will build test equipment and test cells, troubleshoot across multiple hardware platforms, and help ensure equipment uptime.

Travel to test sites and laboratories, program WATLOW controllers, and support customer demonstrations when needed. The role requires hands-on fabrication, electrical and instrumentation experience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining safety