Maritime Payload Mechanical Engineer (Field-Swappable)

Telemetry Today LLC; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a mechanical engineer to own the payload design for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will design housings, mounting structures, and field-swappable interfaces for pressure-rated environments.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive to completion, and apply your experience in multi-disciplinary projects to ensure robust, testable solutions for naval applications. Travel up to 25% is required for at-sea validation and testing at sites and suppliers, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of mechanical design experience on hardware that was built and deployed.
• Strong CAD proficiency and drawing release experience with GD&T.
• Experience designing sealed, pressure-rated, or environmentally protected enclosures.
• Working knowledge of structural analysis and hand calculations for load paths.
• Experience managing mass, volume, and CG budgets under tight constraints.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Experience with subsea, marine, or deep-submergence mechanical design.
• Familiarity with underwater connectors, penetrators, and pressure housings.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design of payload housings, enclosures, and mounting structures.
• Design pressure-rated payload containment and penetrations for full-depth operation.
• Define modular mechanical interfaces that enable rapid payload swap in the field.
• Manage volume, mass, and center-of-gravity budgets for payload installations.
• Perform structural and pressure analysis on payload assemblies.
• Produce drawings, tolerance stackups, and interface control documents for payload hardware.
• Partner with Payload Electrical, Vehicle Interoperability, and Buoyancy & Trim on integration constraints.
• Support prototype builds, integration testing, and at-sea validation.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and supplier facilities.

Skills

CAD proficiency

GD&T

Pressure housings

CG budgeting

Structural analysis

Subsea design

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a mechanical engineer to own the payload design for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will design housings, mounting structures, and field-swappable interfaces for pressure-rated environments.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive to completion, and apply your experience in multi-disciplinary projects to ensure robust, testable solutions for naval applications. Travel up to 25% is required for at-sea validation and testing at sites and suppliers, with a