# Senior Warhead Design Engineer - Lethality Team **Company**: Anduril Industries **Location**: Costa Mesa, California **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Defense **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5116843007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_5b73aed2-bdc ## Description Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We are building a hiring Warhead Design Engineers to support multiple roles across Anduril’s Lethality Team. Depending on background and team fit, candidates may support workstreams focused on warhead design, mechanical design and integration, modeling and simulation, test engineering, systems safety, or prototype-to-production execution. This role is a strong fit for engineers who want to work on technically demanding systems where mechanical design, test data, explosive effects, safety, manufacturability, and mission outcomes all matter. The work is hands-on, fast-moving, and highly cross-functional. The strongest candidates may come from backgrounds in warhead design, ordnance, munitions, explosives, energetics, aerospace, mechanical design, modeling and simulation, test engineering, defense systems, or high-reliability hardware development. ### Responsibilities - Design warheads and complex ordnance / munitions systems and help transition them from prototype to production. - Create high-fidelity prototype parts and assemblies to assess performance through testing. - Support arena, ground, flight, and system-level testing of munitions products. - Contribute to project planning, test planning, design-of-experiments, safety coordination, and execution. - Capture test video, compile data, review test outputs, and analyze results to inform design decisions. - Develop mechanical designs, drawings, specifications, test procedures, technical reports, and supporting engineering documentation. - Partner with analysis, test, safety, manufacturing, vehicle integration, and operations teams to solve complex engineering problems. - Work with vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors supporting critical design, prototype, test, or production efforts. - Support the assembly and disassembly of explosive test articles and precision targets. - Apply strong mechanical engineering fundamentals to systems where performance, reliability, manufacturability, and safety all matter. - Operate in a fast-paced environment where engineers are expected to learn quickly, take ownership, and execute with urgency. ### Required Qualifications - BS or higher degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another engineering discipline. - 2- 5+ years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on mechanical design, analysis, and testing of naval ordnance/munitions systems. - Experience creating complex mechanical designs using CAD tools such as SolidWorks or NX. - Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination. - Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%). - Experience preparing engineering documentation (i.e. specifications, test procedures, technical reports, drawings, etc.). - Passion for defending the United States and her allies. - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance. ### Preferred Qualifications - Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q). - Expert level experience creating complex mechanical designs specific ordnance/munitions. - Experience with munitions testing. - Prior experience in explosive operations and/or handling munitions. - Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards. - Experience designing and scaling production of mechanical components at volume. - Experience developing or testing complex electrical or mechatronics systems. ### Benefits - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. - Income protection: life and disability insurance. - Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans. - Family planning and parenting support. - Mental health resources. - Professional development: annual reimbursement. - Commuter benefits. - Relocation assistance. - Retirement savings plan. ## Skills ### Required - mechanical design - warhead design - ordnance - munitions - explosives - energetics - aerospace - mechanical engineering - CAD tools - SolidWorks - NX - data acquisition - data analysis - project coordination - engineering documentation ### Nice to have - Active U.S. security clearance - munitions testing - explosive operations - DoD Weapons Safety Boards - mechanical components design - electrical systems - mechatronics systems --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5116843007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)