# R&D Engineering Fabrication Technician

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $48.56-$64.91 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Lethality Engineering at Anduril develops and tests advanced ordnance and munitions technologies. We're seeking an R&D Engineering Technician with strong prototype-machining and fabrication capabilities to work in Costa Mesa, California.

The role involves turning approved CAD and drawings into test-ready hardware. Roughly half of the role is mechanical fabrication, with the balance including instrumentation, harness troubleshooting, supplier coordination, and development-test operations. You'll work directly with engineers to identify manufacturability risks, make or procure prototype parts, and move quickly without compromising safety, documentation, or design authority.

**Responsibilities**

- Machine and fabricate one-off and low-volume prototype parts from approved CAD, drawings, and technical direction

- Review parts with engineers and provide feedback on manufacturability, tolerances, materials, tooling, access, inspection, and lower-risk fabrication approaches

- Coordinate with internal or external machine shops to resolve drawing questions, schedule work, and confirm finished-part quality

- Set up and troubleshoot instrumentation, sensors, high-speed imaging, pressure or acoustic measurement systems, and data-acquisition equipment

- Build and troubleshoot cables, harnesses, connectors, and electromechanical assemblies

- Prepare and execute approved arena, flight, and system-level tests

- Maintain accurate records and document redlines, discrepancies, anomalies, and buildability feedback

- Handle controlled materials and operate equipment within qualifications, procedures, and authorization

- Manage ad hoc requests and competing priorities with limited daily oversight

**Required Qualifications**

- 4+ years of hands-on prototype machining, fabrication, toolroom, model-making, or closely related high-mix hardware experience

- Demonstrated ability to take an approved CAD model or mechanical drawing to a finished part

- Ability to read mechanical drawings, understand GD&T, tolerances, materials, and inspection requirements

- Experience coordinating internal or external machine shops

- Reliable organization, safety judgment, documentation, and communication across ad hoc work and multiple engineering customers

- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

**Preferred Qualifications**

- B.S., Mechanical Engineering

- Mastercam or comparable CAM experience

- CMM, metrology, precision inspection, or first-article experience

- Injection molding, welding, sheet-metal, additive-manufacturing, fixture, tooling, or rapid-rework experience

- Experience setting up or troubleshooting instrumentation, sensors, high-speed cameras, or data-acquisition systems

- Experience building or troubleshooting cables, harnesses, connectors, or electromechanical assemblies

- Hands-on experience with explosives, energetic materials, ordnance, munitions, range operations, or other tightly controlled hazardous work

**Benefits**

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- Competitive salary ($48.56-$64.91 USD per hour)

- Highly competitive equity grants

- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees

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## Skills

### Required
- prototype machining
- fabrication
- mechanical drawing
- GD&T
- instrumentation
- troubleshooting
- electromechanical assemblies

### Nice to have
- Mastercam
- CMM
- metrology
- injection molding
- welding
- additive-manufacturing
- fixture
- tooling
- rapid-rework

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