Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data

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

As a Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data, you will own the enterprise materials database, building it, filling it, governing it, and making it the place Anduril's design values come from.

Responsibilities

• Build the Materials Database: Own the materials database end to end , data model and schema, units and provenance, revision control, access, and release.
• Own the Design Allowables Standard: Define and own how test data becomes a defensible design value across Anduril’s business lines.
• Establish Fatigue and Fracture-Critical Methodology: Define and implement a standardized approach to fatigue-life assessment and damage tolerance.
• Extract Value from Lifecycle Material Data: Capture the material property and certification data generated across our supply chain into the database.
• Serve as the Cross-Business-Line Technical Authority: Be the subject-matter expert for materials allowables and data across the portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy or a related field
• 2+ years of materials and process engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or a comparably rigorous domain
• Expertise in materials characterization and design allowables development, including statistical basis (e.g., MMPDS / CMH-17-style methods)
• Experience building or owning a materials data system , schema or data model design, ingest from test and supplier sources, units and provenance handling, revision control, and traceability from design value back to specimen
• Experience with material qualification and characterization: mechanical and thermal testing, and translating results into usable design values
• Proven ability to set a technical standard and drive adoption across teams
• Strong technical writing,your methodology and specifications are clear, unambiguous, and actionable
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive progress independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy or a related field
• Direct experience with building a materials database for aerospace, propulsion, or defense applications
• Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance
• Hands-on experience with scoping and executing a characterization campaign from scratch
• Background in fatigue and fracture mechanics, especially for fracture-critical or damage-tolerant components
• Experience with materials data management / materials informatics platforms and partnering with software/data teams to build data pipelines
• Direct experience with advanced or non-standard materials,high-temperature alloys, advanced composites, or additively-manufactured materials
• Experience integrating or standardizing materials data across disparate or legacy sources

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits packages.