Principal Mechatronics Engineer, Space Special Programs

About the role

Anduril is seeking a Principal Mechatronics Engineer to join the Space Special Programs team at our Chantilly, VA location. This role involves working on core technologies, subsystems, spacecraft, and complete space systems supporting the Space Special Programs team and core mission. Key responsibilities include rapid evaluation of engineering concepts, creating solutions to blue-sky engineering problems and targeted mission needs, designing, analyzing, implementing, and testing complex electro-mechanical systems, maintaining high-level system ownership, participating in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch-site and on-orbit operations campaigns, building prototypes, analyzing failures, and transitioning successful projects into production. The role also involves mentoring engineers and supporting critical hardware demonstrations with customers.

Responsibilities

• Create solutions (with analysis, design, and experimentation) to blue-sky engineering problems and targeted mission needs alike
• Design, analyze, implement, and test complex electro-mechanical systems
• Maintain high level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
• Participate in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch-site and on-orbit operations campaigns
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
• Mentor engineers and help them learn the art of small spacecraft design and test – teach them your mistakes so they won’t need to repeat them
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
• Travel to test sites as needed

Requirements

• Experience in an immersive technical project (professional settings)
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• 20+ years of mechanical and mechanism design experience in a professional setting
• 10+ years designing systems for spacecraft and associated space systems
• Experience in ground-up system design and any 3-D CAD
• Hands-on assembly, prototyping, testing, and performance characterization of mechanisms designed for 0g but in a 1g environment
• Experience designing and building very small mechanisms, components, and systems
• Familiarity with launch environments, testing for launch environments, range safety, and system integration efforts
• Demonstrated creativity and “out of the box thinking” for spacecraft mechanisms with an eye toward simplicity and reliability
• High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
• Strong organizational skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience
• U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Practical, hands-on, and self-starter with significant experience designing, analyzing, building, and operating spacecraft mechanical, opto-mechanical, and both passive and active mechanisms – experience machining components is a significant plus

Skills

• Experience machining and modifying mechanical components
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with designing MGSE to support spacecraft testing and development
• Experience with Electro-Mechanical design concepts and working at the interface between electrical and mechanical components
• Practical experience with electrical engineering tools (Oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters)
• 3+ years of experience working in a classified environment

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
• Free for candidates

Pay

$220,000—$292,000 USD

Schedule

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