Maritime Stress Engineer - FEA, Materials & Allowables

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Stress Analysis Engineer to join the Maritime Manufacturing Technology team in Santa Ana, CA. You will own structural analysis, material characterization, and design allowables for mission‑critical maritime hardware, bridging hand calculations, FEM, and metallurgy.

The role relies on classical methods and commercial FE tools, with responsibilities spanning the allowables database, test campaigns, and collaboration across M&P, manufacturing, and design teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with hand calculations and commercial FEA tools.
• Familiarity with design allowables and MMPDS methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform classical hand calculations and FEA on complex maritime structures.
• Define, build, and maintain design allowables and coupon-level testing plans.
• Own the centralized allowables database across engineering teams.

Skills

Stress analysis

FEA

Materials testing

Test coordination

Statistical design

Education

Mechanical Eng degree

Tools

Abaqus

ANSYS

Nastran/Patran

HyperMesh

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Stress Analysis Engineer to join the Maritime Manufacturing Technology team in Santa Ana, CA. You will own structural analysis, material characterization, and design allowables for mission‑critical maritime hardware, bridging hand calculations, FEM, and metallurgy.

The role relies on classical methods and commercial FE tools, with responsibilities spanning the allowables database, test campaigns, and collaboration across M&P, manufacturing, and design teams to