Senior Mechanical Engineer: Battlefield-Ready Hardware Prototyping

Anduril-1; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Competitive total compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for the Anduril Expeditionary Systems team. You will own hardware from concept generation to real-world use, collaborate with a tight-knit product team, and work with customers to understand battlefield challenges.

You will design novel hardware, apply first principles, build prototypes, and travel to exercises to collect feedback from warfighters.

Qualifications

• Design, prototype, and ship hardware across full product lifecycle.
• Ownership of hardware design within a team.
• Strong use of engineering first principles in problem solving.
• 8+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience.
• CAD proficiency and ability to produce high-quality drawings.
• Hands-on fabrication skills for prototyping and testing.
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. on all relevant projects.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware from concept generation to real-world use.
• Be a key part of a tight-knit product team.
• Collaborate with customers to understand battlefield challenges.
• Design novel hardware for mission sets from ground up.
• Apply first-principles analysis and testing to ensure durability.
• Build prototypes and first articles.
• Travel to exercises and work with warfighters to gather feedback.
• Iterate designs with manufacturing to enable scalable delivery.

Skills

Hardware design

Design ownership

Engineering first principles

8+ years experience

CAD skills

Hands-on fabrication

U.S. Person eligibility

Education

BS/M.Eng/MS/PhD in engineering

Tools

NX/Teamcenter

ANSYS

Job description

Anduril Industries in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for the Anduril Expeditionary Systems team. You will own hardware from concept generation to real-world use, collaborate with a tight-knit product team, and work with customers to understand battlefield challenges.

You will design novel hardware, apply first principles, build prototypes, and travel to exercises to collect feedback from warfighters.