Airworthiness Engineer, Omen

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking a Senior Airworthiness 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and author Airworthiness certification and conformance plans for Omen developmental and production aircraft.
• Bring a pragmatic and right-sized approach to Airworthiness and Systems Safety to enable Omen Capability realization at the speed of relevance.
• Engage with customers, end-users, and local regulatory authorities to identify and negotiate appropriate Airworthiness frameworks and recognized standards.
• Develop Airworthiness plans and documentation in support of regional regulatory processes and submissions.
• Support System Design Reviews, engineering governance structures, and Test Readiness Reviews, representing Airworthiness.
• Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives.
• Develop, author, and maintain all Airworthiness activities in a digital environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or aviation-related engineering degree.
• 8+ years of airworthiness engineering experience.
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the Defense or Aerospace industries.
• Extensive knowledge of AC 23-1309-1E, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD 516C airworthiness, and other relevant safety standards.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with civil and military Airworthiness authorities.
• Proven experience working civil and military Airworthiness processes throughout the life cycle of a developmental aircraft.
• Familiarity with technical software packages such as Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance in the United States, United Kingdom, or Australia.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or aviation-related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of airworthiness engineering experience.
• Systems engineering and Airworthiness experience with large UAS airworthiness authorizations.
• Experience authoring and submitting FAA Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA).
• Previously held a position as Airworthiness Engineering Lead or Airworthiness Engineer.
• Airworthiness experience on a team that executed first flight on a manned or large UAS developmental aircraft.
• Experience working EASA SORA framework for UAS.
• Understanding of high voltage and high power systems or hybrid powertrains.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $132,000-$175,000 USD.
• Highly competitive equity grants.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and other support.