Senior Mechanical Engineer — Battlefield Hardware Prototyping

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to own hardware from concept to field use. You will work within a tight-knit product team, collaborating with customers to understand battlefield challenges and design hardware for mission sets from the ground up.

You will apply first-principles analysis, build prototypes, and travel to exercises to gather feedback from warfighters. Expect hands-on fabrication, scalable manufacturing collaboration, and a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to design, prototype, and ship hardware.
• Past record of design ownership in a team setting (professional or otherwise).
• High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles.
• 8+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience.
• CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills.
• BS, M.Eng, MS or PhD in an engineering field.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware from concept generation to real world use.
• Serve as a key part of tight-knit product team.
• Work with customers to understand real battlefield challenges.
• Design novel hardware for those mission sets - from the ground up.
• Use engineering first-principles, analysis, and testing to ensure your designs will survive battlefield conditions.
• Get hands-on to build prototypes and first articles.
• Travel to exercises and work alongside warfighters to support and collect feedback on our products.
• Iterate on your designs and work with our manufacturing team to build and deliver them at scale.

Skills

Hardware design

Prototype development

Engineering first principles

Hands-on fabrication

Design ownership

Education

BS, M.Eng, MS or PhD in an engineering field

Tools

NX/Teamcenter

3D CAD software

Electromechanical integration

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to own hardware from concept to field use. You will work within a tight-knit product team, collaborating with customers to understand battlefield challenges and design hardware for mission sets from the ground up.

You will apply first-principles analysis, build prototypes, and travel to exercises to gather feedback from warfighters. Expect hands-on fabrication, scalable manufacturing collaboration, and a strong emphasis on