# Principal Engineer, MEP & Building Systems

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $22,000-$292,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5287275007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/principal-engineer-mep-and-building-systems-26f430c7-91f/

## Description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Principal Engineer – MEP & Building Systems to join the Design & Construction team. The successful candidate will be the resident technical authority for all things mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and building controls across Anduril's facility portfolio.

### Responsibilities

- Site Due Diligence & Utility Assessment: Participate in due diligence site walks, evaluate existing MEP systems, assess site-level utility infrastructure, and coordinate with local utility providers.

- Design Review & Value Engineering: Review project milestone design packages, steer external A/E design teams toward right-sized solutions, provide technical direction on HVAC, electrical distribution, plumbing, and building automation.

- Business Line Integration & Programming Support: Engage with Division Leaders and business line stakeholders to understand operational requirements, translate needs into MEP programming criteria and Basis of Design narratives.

- Design Standards & Basis of Design Development: Develop, maintain, and improve Anduril's internal MEP design standards and Basis of Design guidelines.

- Construction Oversight & Commissioning: Verify MEP installations, support commissioning activities, review commissioning reports, and identify deficiencies.

- Troubleshooting & Technical Support: Serve as the go-to technical resource for unforeseen MEP system issues, diagnose problems, and recommend corrective actions.

- Stakeholder Coordination: Work cross-functionally with non-construction functions, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and collaborate with the Strategic Real Estate team.

### Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

- Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in MEP engineering, building systems design, or MEP-focused construction management

- Deep technical knowledge across multiple MEP disciplines

- Demonstrated experience reviewing and critiquing A/E design documents, site due diligence, and utility infrastructure assessment

- Experience translating complex operational requirements into MEP programming criteria and Basis of Design documents

- Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and controls drawings

- Working knowledge of relevant codes and standards

- Corporate or owner's-representative experience

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Strong organizational skills and ability to support multiple concurrent projects

- Experience with alternative energy solutions

- Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with advanced manufacturing, industrial, laboratory, or mission-critical facility MEP systems

- Familiarity with secure facilities and government construction standards

- Professional Engineer (PE) license in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

- Master's degree in Engineering or Business

- Professional certifications such as CEM, LEED AP, CxA, or ASHRAE certifications

- Experience developing or managing enterprise-level MEP design standards and specification libraries

- Proficiency with energy modeling tools, load calculation software, and electrical analysis tools

- Experience with Procore, Bluebeam, BIM 360, or similar construction and design collaboration platforms

- Excel proficiency

For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/).

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- MEP engineering
- Building systems design
- Construction management
- HVAC
- Electrical distribution
- Plumbing
- Fire protection
- Building automation

### Nice to have
- Advanced manufacturing
- Industrial facility MEP systems
- Secure facilities
- Government construction standards
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Energy modeling tools
- Load calculation software
- Electrical analysis tools
- Procore
- Bluebeam
- BIM 360

---

Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5287275007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)