# Senior Explosive Operations Engineer

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Defense 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.

We are seeking a Senior Explosives Operations Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. Our Lethality Team supports the safe development, testing, and fielding of explosive systems across multiple Anduril product lines, including Roadrunner, Bolt, Barracuda, Altius, and Copperhead.

**Responsibilities**

- Plan, organize, and execute explosives operations in support of current and future Anduril products.

- Support hands-on explosives operations across test, field, and operational environments.

- Lead and support range safety activities and contribute to the overall safety and compliance posture of explosive operations.

- Develop site laydowns, blast and fragmentation considerations, quantity-distance evaluations, and other mitigation strategies related to explosive operations.

- Draft and enforce explosive safety procedures and operating instructions, and ensure personnel understand and follow them.

- Ensure operations are executed in accordance with applicable DoD, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA, and internal safety requirements based on the operational context.

- Serve as a subject matter expert on explosives operations, handling, safety, and compliance.

- Partner across legal, operations, finance, program leadership, business development, engineering, manufacturing, and EHS to support products involving explosives.

- Oversee explosives storage, including inventory, security, inspections, and forecasting.

- Improve explosives operations and training programs to meet regulatory, company, and customer requirements.

- Train and instruct others on safe handling and operational execution.

- Work effectively with Anduril customers, both USG and non-USG, and internal teams in austere environments.

**Impact**

- Enable safe, scalable deployment across Anduril’s product portfolio.

- Increase operational velocity without compromising compliance.

- Strengthen explosives operations as the business scales.

- Translate mission needs into real-world execution.

**Required Qualifications**

- 10+ years of progressive experience in explosives operations, including practical experience with explosives safety, storage, transportation, and test or field execution.

- Hands-on experience executing or supporting explosive operations in operational, test, range, or field environments.

- In-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment surrounding explosives and energetic materials, including DoD explosives safety regulations, ATF/ATFE requirements, DOT, OSHA, and related compliance considerations.

- Experience developing or enforcing SOPs and supporting safe operating practices, incident investigations, and corrective actions.

- Ability to work cross-functionally in support of explosives-related activities across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and program teams.

- Ability to travel up to 25%–50%, including domestic test sites and occasional international travel.

- Must possess and maintain a U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or DOE L).

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Military EOD or equivalent explosives operations background.

- Active U.S. Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance.

- Experience with munitions field testing, explosives training, or leadership in explosive operations environments.

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline is preferred, but hands-on explosives experience is more important than a specific degree path.

- Experience operating in austere environments and engaging effectively with internal teams and external customers in the field.

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- Explosives Operations
- Safety Procedures
- Compliance
- DoD Regulations
- ATF/ATFE Requirements
- DOT Regulations
- OSHA Regulations
- Explosives Safety
- Storage
- Transportation
- Test or Field Execution

### Nice to have
- Military EOD
- Active U.S. Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance
- Munitions Field Testing
- Explosives Training
- Leadership in Explosive Operations Environments
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

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