Mechanical Engineer, Omen
About The Team
Anduril is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join the Omen Team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains.
About The Job
You will work closely with the Omen program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments as part of a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever. In this role you will be responsible for designing and supporting the integration of various subsystems across Omen, supporting testing efforts, and ensuring overall system performance meets the required specifications and standards.
What You’ll Do
- Own and drive the mechanical design of a new air vehicle, overseeing the process from initial concept to low rate production.
- Lead technical efforts to define requirements, propose possible solutions, and establish a methodology for evaluating and verifying mechanical systems.
- Work in close partnership with other disciplines to ensure the electrical, software, and mechanical systems collectively form a reliable, flexible, cost-effective system.
- Spearhead design reviews, conduct analysis, visit vendors, prototype and implement hardware test plans.
- Actively contribute to the enhancement of team tools, templates, processes, and standards.
- Cultivate a vibrant, positive, dedicated, high-energy, educational, and enjoyable community environment.
- Balance operational needs across vehicle subsystems while optimizing for development speed, mass, manufacturability, and cost.
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.
- Travel to test sites and vendors as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings).
- A minimum of 8+ years in a technical engineering role in a professional setting.
- Strong technical knowledge in core engineering principles, fundamental mechanics of composite materials, design, analysis, testing, and fabrication.
- Deep understanding of load paths, design practices, and hand calculations to design robust structurally efficient assemblies.
- Strong proficiency in CAD software (Any platform, but NX preferred) with specific emphasis on complex fixturing and tooling design.
- Hands-on experience supporting assembly fixturing and tooling full life cycle development through design, procurement, build, and implementation.
- Expertise with high-performance airframe manufacturing and assembly processes, including composite and metallic part machining, locating, fixturing, fastening, joining, fuel sealing, and integration from piece part to completed airframe.
- BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in NX/Teamcenter.
- Broad experience in leading tooling and manufacturing of composite and metallic airframes and parts.
- Experience in systems integration during airframe assembly.
- Experience in metrology verification methods and equipment used for aircraft assembly fixturing and part fabrication.
- Demonstrated passion for aviation, aerospace, or unmanned systems through hands-on projects, certifications, or hobbies.
- Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with running structural development testing.
- Experience with Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Design Build Fly, etc.
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 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:
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
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