Principal Engineer & Counter-UAS Payload Lead

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); Vor Ort; USD 220.000 - 292.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity grants

Competitive compensation

Full benefits

Zusammenfassung

Anduril Industries is seeking a Principal Engineer to own Omen's airborne counter-UAS payload end-to-end and to build the team around it. You will design the effector and firing system, manage the steering hardware, and ensure robust integration with the air vehicle.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and test domains, set technical standards, and guide payload roadmaps toward production, while maintaining safety and export control compliance.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive electromechanical hardware design experience from concept to production.
• Strong background in mechanical design for high transient loads and precision mechanisms.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and hiring.
• Proficiency with CAD tools (NX or SolidWorks).
• Ability to size actuators for precision pointing and balance control bandwidth tradeoffs.
• Experience with vibration/ shock isolation and isolator selection.

Aufgaben

• Own the counter-UAS effector payload end to end from prototype to production hardware.
• Design the effector and firing system including mounting, recoil, feed, cycling, interlocks.
• Size actuators and drives; protect airframe from firing loads and rotor wash.
• Manage the payload’s pointing accuracy and sensor selection.
• Lead ground and flight test campaigns; drive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting.
• Build and lead a cross-functional team (mechanical, electrical, firmware, test).
• Define payload interface with vehicle and mission system teams; ensure power/signal integration.
• Plan roadmap balancing near-term demos with production-ready architecture.
• Ensure manufacturability, tolerancing, supplier engagement, and first article testing.
• Maintain safety, range safety, and export control compliance.

Kenntnisse

Electromechanical design

Team leadership

Actuator sizing

Vibration isolation

Test & data analysis

Control bandwidth concepts

Programming for test (C++/Python)

Travel readiness

Ausbildung

Engineering degree (ME / Mechatronics / Aerospace)

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

Jobbeschreibung

Anduril Industries is seeking a Principal Engineer to own Omen's airborne counter-UAS payload end-to-end and to build the team around it. You will design the effector and firing system, manage the steering hardware, and ensure robust integration with the air vehicle.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and test domains, set technical standards, and guide payload roadmaps toward production, while maintaining safety and export control compliance.