Senior Warhead Design Engineer - Lethality Team

About the role

We are hiring Warhead Design Engineers to support multiple roles across Anduril’s Lethality Team. Depending on background and team fit, candidates may support workstreams focused on warhead design, mechanical design and integration, modeling and simulation, test engineering, systems safety, or prototype-to-production execution.

Responsibilities

• Design warheads and complex ordnance / munitions systems and help transition them from prototype to production.
• Create high-fidelity prototype parts and assemblies to assess performance through testing.
• Support arena, ground, flight, and system-level testing of munitions products.
• Contribute to project planning, test planning, design-of-experiments, safety coordination, and execution.
• Capture test video, compile data, review test outputs, and analyze results to inform design decisions.
• Develop mechanical designs, drawings, specifications, test procedures, technical reports, and supporting engineering documentation.
• Partner with analysis, test, safety, manufacturing, vehicle integration, and operations teams to solve complex engineering problems.
• Work with vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors supporting critical design, prototype, test, or production efforts.
• Support the assembly and disassembly of explosive test articles and precision targets.
• Apply strong mechanical engineering fundamentals to systems where performance, reliability, manufacturability, and safety all matter.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment where engineers are expected to learn quickly, take ownership, and execute with urgency.
• In this role, you will help:
• Design and mature advanced warhead, ordnance, and munitions systems.
• Translate mission requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Move rapidly from concept to prototype to test-informed design iteration.
• Support live testing, data capture, analysis, and performance validation.
• Partner across mechanical engineering, test, safety, manufacturing, operations, analysis, suppliers, and product teams.
• Help transition complex explosive systems from development into production.
• Strengthen Anduril’s ability to deliver advanced effects capabilities across multiple platforms.

Required Qualifications

• BS or higher degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
• 2- 5+ years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on mechanical design, analysis, and testing of naval ordnance/munitions systems.
• Experience creating complex mechanical designs using CAD tools such as SolidWorks or NX.
• Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination.
• Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%).
• Experience preparing engineering documentation (i.e. specifications, test procedures, technical reports, drawings, etc.).
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Paid Benefits

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.