Lab & Integration Lead

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

You will be the technical lead for the integration lab fleet behind our flagship autonomous air vehicle: software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop rigs for vehicle management, flight controls and mission systems, plus an iron bird with hydraulics, loaded actuation and power.

Responsibilities

• Own the lab architecture and rig design. Define and baseline the lab architecture: rig block diagrams, lab network, HITL host and simulation, data recording, and the rig interfaces.
• Lead bring-up at the bench. Be hands-on through first light of each rig: safe-to-mate, power-on and BIT, LRU checkout, and host/sim reference-scenario runs.
• Define what “operational” means. Own a single rig operational-readiness checklist, agreed with the build team, and run the readiness review before any rig is declared operational.
• Keep every rig under configuration control. Baseline each rig’s configuration, audit it before the first for-record run, and record as-tested configuration for every formal run.
• Own lab capacity and the integrated lab schedule. Model rig-hours demanded against rig-hours available by month.
• Allocate hardware to rigs. Own the LRU allocation plan, assigning engineering, qualification and flight LRUs to each rig, agreed with the avionics and mission systems teams.
• Say what each environment proves. Set rig fidelity, the simulation and model validation approach, and test data capture standards.
• Run integration on the rigs. Set integration entry and exit criteria for each software release, run daily integration triage across software, avionics, mission systems and lab issues.
• Make the lab safe and accredited. Own the lab hazard analysis, the lab network and cyber accreditation path with Product Security, and classified lab space and accreditation with Security.
• Plan for the lots, not just first flight. Assess the rig delta for each new hardware lot, and own the sustainment, spares, calibration, obsolescence and retirement plan.
• Lead and grow the team. Hire, mentor and lead lab and integration engineers and technicians.
• Make it portable. Turn what works here into the PEI lab and integration playbook.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical, computer, aerospace or mechanical engineering, or a similar technical field.
• 7+ years designing, building, operating or integrating SIL, HIL, iron-bird or avionics integration labs for aircraft, missiles or space systems.
• Hands-on avionics and electrical integration: reading and reviewing harness drawings and pin-to-pins, MIL-DTL-38999-class connectors, safe-to-mate, aircraft power distribution, and bench instrumentation.
• Working knowledge of avionics data buses and networks such as Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, RS-422/485 and CAN, and time synchronization.
• Experience with real-time HITL host and simulation environments, plant models, I/O and data-acquisition hardware, and data recording.
• Experience running configuration control of test assets and producing as-run records for formal qualification or for-record testing.
• Proficiency in Linux and in Python or similar scripting for lab automation and data analysis.
• Ability to plan lab capacity, track long-lead procurement against an integrated master schedule, and bring problems forward while there is still time to act.
• Clear, direct communication with software, hardware, test and program leads.
• Currently holds an active U.S. Secret security clearance and is able to obtain and maintain Top Secret.

Preferred Qualifications

• Iron bird experience, including hydraulic systems, loaded actuation, flight controls or starter-generator / power loading.
• Mission systems integration experience: EO/IR, electronic warfare, datalinks, crypto and key management, and C2 ground segments.
• Classified lab accreditation experience and familiarity with TEMPEST and secure lab design.
• Experience standing up a multi-rig lab from scratch with several builds in flight at once.
• Lab automation and continuous integration on HIL rigs: automated regression, test frameworks and results dashboards.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, and linking verification evidence to a system model.
• Flight test or ground test support experience on a developmental aircraft program.