Senior Development Test Engineer: Hardware Automation

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Senior Development Test Engineer to lead and execute hardware testing across drones, missiles, and spaceflight systems. You will plan campaigns, develop procedures, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring safety and compliance with design requirements.

Responsibilities include coordinating with engineers to define objectives, leading TRRs, and driving test readiness from planning through data review and fabrication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in a related engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Execute structural, dynamic, and environmental testing on drones, missiles and spaceflight hardware.
• Plan, develop, and execute hardware test campaigns across development and qualification phases, ensuring test scope and methodology align with product requirements and program milestones
• Mentor and provide technical oversight to junior test engineers, including reviewing test procedures and root cause analysis
• Coordinate cross-functionally with responsible engineers to define test objectives, acceptance criteria, and risk prioritization
• Establish and lead Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) with engineering teams, ensuring articles and instrumentation are vetted
• Communicate test status, risks, and results to program leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Lead test campaigns including plan creation, activation, operations, data review, and fabrication
• Generate work instructions to direct technicians in fabrication and integration of test articles
• Operate data acquisition and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation including thermal chambers and shakers
• Automate repetitive test operations to improve efficiency and safety

Skills

Engineering experience

Hardware testing

Automation

Test planning

Coding

Education

BS/MS/PhD in engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Senior Development Test Engineer to lead and execute hardware testing across drones, missiles, and spaceflight systems. You will plan campaigns, develop procedures, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring safety and compliance with design requirements.

Responsibilities include coordinating with engineers to define objectives, leading TRRs, and driving test readiness from planning through data review and fabrication.