# Support System Lead

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $191,000-$253,000 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.

Anduril is seeking a Support Systems Engineering Lead to join the Thunder team at its Costa Mesa HQ. The Thunder team develops hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicles (AAVs) that combine vertical takeoff and landing with the range, speed, and heavy strike power of advanced attack platforms.

**Responsibilities**

- Architect, plan, and lead the design and development of a broad Support System, including deployment, supply, operations, and maintenance.

- Hire, develop, and grow a hands-on engineering team focused on practical Support System solutions.

- Collaborate with customer stakeholders on a comprehensive concept of employment to ensure operational needs are understood.

- Own 'Day In The Life Of' decomposition activities to influence functional decomposition shaping the design of the Air Vehicle and Mission Systems.

- Design, fabricate, and test Air Vehicle and Mission System transport and handling equipment to enable rapid deployment in challenging operational environments.

- Identify standards and interfaces for supply systems, such as fueling and charging, as inputs to design.

- Leverage emerging technologies to develop maintenance systems, operational processes, and training approaches that set new standards.

- Collaborate with peers to drive a consistent approach and 'look and feel' of a Common Support System across the product ecosystem.

- Develop and own the Thunder Project Reliability and Maintainability Plan (RMP).

**Required Qualifications and Attributes**

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related technical discipline.

- 10+ years of experience in aviation, aerospace, or product development/design environments.

- Familiarity with applying Systems Engineering principles.

- Experience working in operational environments performing logistics, maintenance, or training roles.

- Focus on both design and operation for maximum safety.

- Strong bias for action and high ownership in fast-paced environments.

- Ability to break complex problems into achievable challenges.

- Experience with high voltage systems/batteries and/or hybrid powertrains.

- Defense industry or military service background highly desirable.

- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a security clearance in the United States, United Kingdom, or Australia.

**Salary and Benefits**

- Salary range: $191,000-$253,000 USD

- Highly competitive equity grants included in full-time offers.

- Comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Hybrid Powertrains
- High Voltage Systems
- Autonomous Vehicles

### Nice to have
- Defense Industry
- Military Service
- Security Clearance

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