Senior Mechanical Engineer: Mechanisms, Space

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

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer: Mechanisms, Space, you will create mechanisms for space payloads ranging from small cameras to large telescopes that survive the launch and space environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mechanisms for space payloads, including optical focus, shutters, and filter wheels.
• Review literature and parallel applications to inform architecture and selection.
• Run hand calculations to size actuators and components.
• Select, procure, and rigorously test actuators and sensors.
• Own hardware design from concept to launch, pacing design maturity with a holistic program view.
• Use first principles for every decision and continuously simplify designs.
• Communicate pros and cons of system architectures with respect to mechanism design and performance.
• Lead subsystem design reviews and provide clear status updates on timelines and technical progress.
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful designs to flight hardware and low-rate production.
• Create excellent technical documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Required Qualifications

• BS or higher degree in engineering or hard science.
• Ability to obtain and hold U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• 5+ years of mechanism design experience with space hardware and demonstrated track record of success fielding flight hardware.
• Mechatronics experience with component selection, interface with actuators and sensors, and control loop prototyping.
• Coding experience in Python, MATLAB, or C++ for analytical models and data acquisition.
• Experience with microcontrollers for prototyping.
• Experience with high-reliability design, athermalization, and vibration/shock resistance.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly motivated, self-starting, and autonomous.
• Organized with ability to define scope and requirements for ambiguous problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on technical project experience.
• Experience in related industries.
• Structural or thermal testing experience.
• CAD proficiency and ability to create engineering drawings.
• Hands-on fabrication and assembly skills.
• Strong fundamentals in optics, heat transfer, statics, solid mechanics, and materials.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $146,000-$194,000 USD.
• Highly competitive equity grants.
• Top-tier benefits, including healthcare, income protection, generous time off, family planning and parenting support, mental health resources, professional development, commuter benefits, and relocation assistance.
• Retirement savings plan with employer match.