# Senior Configuration Design Engineer

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Configuration Design Engineer for our Air Dominance & Strike hardware engineering organisation.

As a Senior Engineer, you will own the architectural configuration, scoping, and optimisation methodology for our advanced Group 5 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and missile programs.

## Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end conceptual design process for complex UAV and missile platforms, including configuration trade studies, mission analysis, and architecture selection.

- Define and mature aircraft sizing methodologies, deploying parametric modelling and design optimisation tools (such as MATLAB, Isight, HEEDS, and NX Unigraphics) to establish robust design paths.

- Drive the design of Outer Mold Lines (OML) and Inner Mold Lines (IML), establishing the geometric standards for downstream analysis teams (CFD, FEA, CEM).

- Serve as the main technical decision-maker for early-stage pursuits, shaping concept white papers, customer proposals, and technology roadmaps in partnership with Chief Engineers.

- Apply engineering intuition and expertise to evaluate configuration alternatives for low-observable (RF/IR signature) survivability, propulsion integration, and structural feasibility.

- Manage high-level vehicle trade studies including engine selection, control effector layout, fuel systems, weapons integration, and mass properties.

- Mentor and develop junior configuration and design engineers, establishing standards for CAD modelling, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), and design release.

- Interface directly with integrated product teams (IPTs), suppliers, and military customers to present configuration concepts and resolve challenging design problems.

## Required Qualifications

- Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.

- 8+ years of experience in conceptual or preliminary design of aerospace systems, with a track record of technical leadership on UAS, military aircraft, or advanced missile programs.

- Expert-level proficiency in 3D parametric CAD modelling, advanced surfacing, and lofting (Siemens NX preferred, CATIA, or Creo).

- Extensive experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams and trade studies (aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, mass properties, and systems integration).

- Deep understanding of system architecture, mission requirements, and full product development lifecycles.

- Strong communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write technical proposals and present design solutions to leadership and customers.

- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.

- Expert knowledge in design-for-survivability, low-observable (LO) shaping, and RF/IR signature reduction.

- Advanced experience in building surrogate models, optimisation workflows, or leveraging machine learning tools to accelerate conceptual design cycles.

- Experience with rapid prototyping, flight testing, and hardware-in-the-loop development environments.

- Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance.

## Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- CAD modelling
- design optimisation
- MATLAB
- Isight
- HEEDS
- NX Unigraphics
- parametric modelling
- geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

### Nice to have
- design-for-survivability
- low-observable (LO) shaping
- RF/IR signature reduction
- machine learning
- rapid prototyping
- flight testing
- hardware-in-the-loop development environments

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