# Sr. Explosives Operations Engineer **Company**: Anduril Industries **Location**: Costa Mesa, California, United States **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $132,000-$198,000 USD **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5143264007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_67500473-b94 ## Description We are seeking a Senior Explosives Operations Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. The successful candidate will have 10+ years of progressive experience in explosives operations, including practical experience with explosives safety, storage, transportation, and test or field execution. They will support hands-on explosives operations across test, field, and operational environments, lead and support range safety activities, and develop site laydowns, blast and fragmentation considerations, quantity-distance evaluations, and other mitigation strategies related to explosive operations. The ideal candidate will have 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. They will also have experience developing or enforcing SOPs and supporting safe operating practices, incident investigations, and corrective actions. This is a strong fit for someone who wants to work at the intersection of hands-on explosives operations, safety, compliance, and mission execution. The successful candidate will partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, program teams, legal, finance, business development, and other cross-functional stakeholders to translate product and customer requirements into operational plans that support systems deployed across land, sea, and air domains. Key responsibilities include: - 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. The impact you'll have: - 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 include: - 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 include: - 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. ## Skills ### Required - explosives operations - explosives safety - storage - transportation - test or field execution - regulatory environment - DoD explosives safety regulations - ATF/ATFE requirements - DOT - OSHA - compliance considerations - SOPs - safe operating practices - incident investigations - corrective actions - cross-functional collaboration - travel - U.S. security clearance ### Nice to have - military EOD or equivalent explosives operations background - active U.S. Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance - munitions field testing - explosives training - leadership in explosive operations environments - engineering or related technical discipline --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5143264007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)