Senior Munitions Safety Lead for System Certification

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Explosives System Safety Engineer in Costa Mesa, CA to own munitions, warhead, and fuzing certification end-to-end. You will shepherd programs through WSERB, FISTRP, and SSSTRP while growing a 3–10 person safety engineering team.

You will shape safety frameworks, collaborate with engineering and ops, and drive certification milestones to shorten timelines while maintaining rigor and compliance.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in mechanical, systems, aerospace, or other engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of design, safety, certification, and systems engineering of ordnance systems.
• 2+ years leading, managing, or technically directing a team of engineers.
• Warhead/fuze review board experience (WSERB, FISTRP, AFSRB, or equivalent).
• Munitions system certification or qualification experience.
• Deep working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-1901.
• Experience in program management, customer/vendor management, scheduling and budgeting.
• Ability to travel for testing and customer meetings (up to 25%).
• Experience preparing formal safety documentation (specs, test procedures, reports).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for safety boards and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead munitions, warhead, and fuzing certification programs through DoD safety review boards.
• Build and lead a team of 3–10 system safety engineers; hire, mentor, set direction, develop staff.
• Create, review, manage, and present safety documentation to stakeholders and boards.
• Embed safety practices into product development lifecycle with cross-functional teams.
• Plan and drive testing, analysis, and milestones to minimize certification timelines.
• Own root cause analysis and corrective actions in safety review processes.
• Manage deliverables including requirements, change control, traceability, and reliability matrices.
• Create scalable frameworks and establish DoD review precedents for future programs.
• Flow down safety guidance and manage key vendors as needed.

Skills

Team leadership

Strong written/verbal communication

MIL-STD knowledge

Safety culture

Travel readiness

Security clearance (Top Secret)

Education

BS or higher in mechanical/systems/aerospace or related engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Explosives System Safety Engineer in Costa Mesa, CA to own munitions, warhead, and fuzing certification end-to-end. You will shepherd programs through WSERB, FISTRP, and SSSTRP while growing a 3–10 person safety engineering team.

You will shape safety frameworks, collaborate with engineering and ops, and drive certification milestones to shorten timelines while maintaining rigor and compliance.