# 2026 Early Career Test & Evaluation Engineer

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,000-$114,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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

As a Mission Autonomy Test & Evaluation Engineer at Anduril Industries, you will lead testing activities that are critical to the future of defense technology.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead T&E test programs for individual development projects from start to finish

- Coordinate, plan, and execute test events for mission autonomy capabilities utilizing surrogate vehicles

- Design and implement test plans that challenge and verify the capabilities of autonomous systems in a variety of simulated mission profiles

- Analyze data from tests to validate system performance and identify areas for improvement

- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, hardware engineers, and product managers, to define test requirements and ensure alignment with system capabilities and mission objectives

- Drive end-to-end test management by shaping program requirements, designing comprehensive test plans, leading execution efforts, analyzing complex data, and delivering clear, concise reports to cross-functional and program teams

- Coordinate with private and government partners to test and evaluate systems and software and ensure test objectives are met

- Communicate effectively with government leaders, cross-functional teams, and internal company leadership

- Develop into a leader capable of managing multiple test projects simultaneously

**Required Qualifications**

- A Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, robotics, or a related technical field from an accredited institution, or equivalent experience in autonomous systems testing

- 0-2 years of in-depth T&E experience, preferably with autonomous systems

- Demonstrated ability in developing and executing test plans for complex systems within aggressive timelines

- Proven experience coordinating and executing complex test events

- Experience developing metrics and performance dashboards

- Proven track record of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve project milestones and deliverables

- Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively articulating technical challenges and solutions to a diverse audience

- Ability to engage and communicate with military and government customers

- Willingness to work flexible hours and travel to various testing locations as required

- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret-Level security clearance

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Direct experience in the development, testing, and deployment of mission autonomy systems in a defense or aerospace context

- Familiarity with FAA, FCC, and other relevant regulations

- Hands-on experience with simulation environments and tools used for testing autonomous systems

- Familiarity with software development practices and experience with programming languages used in autonomy and robotics (e.g., Python, C++, ROS)

- Prior experience mentoring junior team members

- Knowledge of current industry and military standards related to unmanned aerial systems and their operation within national airspace

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

## Skills

### Required
- autonomous systems testing
- test planning
- data analysis
- communication
- collaboration

### Nice to have
- mission autonomy systems
- simulation environments
- software development
- programming languages
- mentoring

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