Maritime Payload Mechanical Engineer – Field-Swappable, Pressure-Rated

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to own payload hardware for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will design payload housings, mounting structures, and field-swappable interfaces, while managing volume, mass, and CG budgets.

You will lead cross-functional teams, run structural and pressure analyses, produce drawings and interface control documents, and support prototype builds and at-sea validation. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is required.
• 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

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Structural analysis

Mass/CG budgeting

Prototype support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to own payload hardware for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will design payload housings, mounting structures, and field-swappable interfaces, while managing volume, mass, and CG budgets.

You will lead cross-functional teams, run structural and pressure analyses, produce drawings and interface control documents, and support prototype builds and at-sea validation. Travel up to 25% is expected.