# Senior Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Targeting & Sensing Systems

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**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.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer on the Connected Warfare team, you will take immediate and comprehensive ownership of the mechanical systems for a critical product already in production. This pivotal role involves driving its continuous improvement, evolution, and scalability, directly impacting global defense capabilities in an ever-changing battlefield.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the full mechanical design lifecycle for rugged, mission-critical hardware, from initial assessment of existing architecture to identifying design gaps and technical debt.

- Drive design evolution and innovation, translating operational feedback and evolving requirements into detailed mechanical designs.

- Own the complete CAD-to-prototype pipeline, including design, coordinating fabrication, and validating performance through rigorous benchtop testing.

- Ensure robust mechanical integration across complex subsystems and design for extreme operational environments and field maintainability.

- Serve as the mechanical authority for product quality, investigating and resolving complex issues, implementing permanent corrective actions, and driving Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) improvements.

- Manage all engineering documentation, including production drawings, technical specifications, and the engineering Bill of Materials (BOM), while overseeing configuration and change management processes.

- Support qualification campaigns to validate operational capabilities and collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams to achieve program goals.

- Engage directly with warfighters in the field, traveling to exercises to collect feedback and provide critical product support.

Required Qualifications:

- B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.

- 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of design ownership in a team setting.

- Strong fundamentals in mechanical design, tolerance analysis, and materials selection, paired with high competence and fluid use of engineering first principles.

- Hands-on prototyping experience; comfortable moving between CAD, machine shop, and test bench.

- Proficiency with CAD software and the ability to produce high-quality engineering drawings and documentation.

- Meaningful experience with managing a BOM and drawings within a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool.

- Experience with complex root cause analysis (RCA) and implementation of permanent corrective action (PCA) related to quality improvement.

- A self-starter mentality, capable of identifying problems, proposing innovative solutions, and executing with minimal oversight.

- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Background in defense or ruggedized systems, with experience designing for extreme shock, vibration, and environmental sealing.

- Prior experience with small arms components and features.

- Experience in medium to high-volume production environments (100s of units or more).

- Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product.

- Comfort with formal change management processes and managing multiple configurations of a single product.

- Knowledge of various manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal, composites, injection molding, and 3D printing.

- Experience with NX/Teamcenter.

- Active Top Secret Security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one.

Benefits:

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- CAD software
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool
- complex root cause analysis (RCA)
- permanent corrective action (PCA)
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Design for Assembly (DFA)

### Nice to have
- defense or ruggedized systems
- small arms components and features
- medium to high-volume production environments
- NX/Teamcenter
- Active Top Secret Security clearance

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