Test Engineer, Maritime

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Maritime team. You will help build and test surface platforms, integrating sensors, navigation, propulsion, and autonomy software to ensure performance meets specifications. The role involves leading test plans, creating detailed reports, and coordinating sea trials and offshore operations.

Travel up to 30% is expected, and candidates must be eligible for a U.S. Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in systems engineering, integration and test.
• Experience generating TRRs, test plans, procedures and reports.
• Familiar with mechanical, software, electrical engineering and control theory basics.
• Experience in field tests and operational environments.
• Knowledge of electronics troubleshooting and basic test equipment.
• Experience with Linux and command line interfaces; software debugging.
• Able to read engineering drawings and specifications.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Willing to travel up to 30% and capable of obtaining security clearance.
• Preemployment and randomized substance screening.

Responsibilities

• Support integration of subsystems into surface platforms (sensors, navigation, propulsion, comms).
• Lead testing across design, integration, and test phases.
• Develop, review, and execute comprehensive test plans.
• Maintain test and evaluation program meeting government standards.
• Support day-to-day test operations including pre-mission testing and data analysis.
• Set up, collect and refine operational metrics.
• Troubleshoot, repair, operate and maintain platforms in the field.
• Prepare and review detailed test reports documenting test execution.
• Coordinate local sea testing and multi-day offshore operations.
• Assist with logistics for test missions.
• Contribute to design reviews and system verification planning.
• Collaborate with partners to integrate payloads into platforms.
• Maintain configuration/version control and safety throughout development and test cycle.
• Travel as required for test planning and execution.

Skills

Systems engineering

Test planning

Test reports

Linux CLI

Engineering drawings

Troubleshooting hardware

Communication

Travel readiness

Security clearance eligibility

Program coordination

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

SQL

Test equipment

Job description

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills (effective for broad audiences)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Test Engineer to join our Maritime team. You will work closely with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments to help build a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the integration of various subsystems, leading the testing effort, and ensuring overall system performance meets the required specifications and standards.

Join our dynamic team and help us build the next generation of Surface Platforms that will redefine maritime operations.

Our team conducts full system level development testing, new production acceptance testing, sub-component qualification testing and much more. In short, if it involves test, we support it. Our work directly makes an impact and difference in the products that are fielded.

What You'll Do

• Support the integration process of various subsystems, including sensors, navigation, propulsion, communication systems, autonomy software, and power systems, into a complete and fully functional surface platform
• Work within a dynamic team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of product design, integration, and test efforts
• Support design and integration of surface platform subsystems, components and payloads, including managing interfaces
• Responsible for the development, review, and execution of comprehensive test plans for development, integration, acceptance testing
• Build, support and maintain a test and evaluation program that may be subject to government test & evaluation standards
• Support day-to-day test operations for our products, platforms, or sub-assemblies, including conducting pre-mission testing, launch and recovery, vehicle tasking, and data analysis both internal and customer facing
• Responsible for setting up, collecting and refining operational metrics
• Support hands-on troubleshooting, repair, operation, and maintenance of surface maritime platforms in the field
• Author and/or review detailed operational test reports to document the step-by-step execution of internal and customer facing efforts to test and evaluate the surface platforms and new capabilities
• Support local sea testing and operations, including multi-day offshore operations
• Support pre-mission and post-mission logistics required to successfully execute test operations
• Participate in design reviews, requirements analysis, and system verification planning to ensure compliance with project goals and industry standard
• Collaborate with external partners or customers in the integration and test phases, cataloging and addressing their requirements and ensuring successful integration of their payloads into the surface platform and of the system into the overall mission lifecycle
• Support the implementation and maintain processes for maintaining configuration control, version control, documentation and overall safety throughout the entire development and test cycle, including land and sea based efforts for extended hours as required
• Ability to travel (~30%) as required for test planning and execution

Required Qualifications

• A genuine interest and 5+ years experience in systems engineering, integration, and test
• Experience generating TRRs, Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Reports
• Familiarity with concepts of mechanical engineering, software development and testing, electrical engineering, and control theory
• Experience in field test and operationally focused environments
• Knowledge of electronics troubleshooting and ability to use basic test equipment
• Experience with Linux and command line interfaces as well as software debugging
• Proficient in reading and understanding engineering drawings and specifications
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills (effective for broad audiences)
• A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
• High-ownership and a bias toward action – if you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
• Ability to travel up to 30% of your time, with potential over 30% during key test campaigns/surges
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience with working in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard
• Experience operating and testing complex systems in a maritime environment
• Experience integrating surface and airborne sensors, surface vessel navigation, and communication systems
• Demonstrated experience with marine operational procedures and equipment
• Proficiency in data analysis tools: Python, MATLAB, R, SQL
• Experience in developing and managing a test and evaluation program
• Experience in maritime operations at-sea

US Salary Range

$112,000—$149,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

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