Airworthiness Engineer, Rotary Aircraft

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Airworthiness Engineer to join the Group 4 & 5 Maneuver Dominance team at our Costa Mesa HQ.

The mission is to revolutionize the DoD capabilities at a pace never seen before. You will work on the Airworthiness aspects of new aircraft development effort in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and author Airworthiness certification and conformance plans for Group 4 & 5 developmental and production aircraft.
• Bring a pragmatic and right-sized approach to Airworthiness and Systems Safety to enable 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 Safety Review Boards representing Airworthiness.
• Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives.
• Develop, author and maintain all Airworthiness activities in a digital environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or aviation related engineering degree.
• 8+ years 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or aviation related technical discipline.
• 15+ years airworthiness engineering experience.
• Systems engineering and Airworthiness experience with large UAS airworthiness authorizations.
• Experience authoring and submitting FAA Certificates of Waiver or Authorization.

Benefits:

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and other support