# Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $147,000-$196,000 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, Actuators, you will own detailed mechanical design of rotary and linear actuators, drive development in new technologies, and design with a heavy focus on manufacturing and assembly at production rates.

Responsibilities:

- Own detailed mechanical design of rotary and linear actuators including eMachines, speed sensing and interconnect assemblies, gearboxes and housings from conceptual phase into production.

- Drive development in new technologies including sensing, eMachines, and electromechanical gear systems.

- Design with a heavy focus for manufacturing and assembly at production rates.

- Evaluate cooling solutions for each application.

- Design durability test profiles using vehicle usage data.

- Lead and participate in continuous improvement activities, including process improvement, efficiency improvement and development of data analysis techniques.

Requirements:

- BS or higher degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience.

- Owned mechanical design of at least 1x actuator from clean sheet design to production.

- Experience in design and analysis of geared actuation systems with rotary and linear gear reduction mechanisms.

- Experience designing mechanical parts (CAD) in NX or Solidworks.

- Understanding of manufacturing methods (casting, machining, hobbing, grinding, additive, etc).

- Proficient in mechanical drawings, ASME Y14.5 GD&T.

- Experience procuring parts and working in a machine shop.

- Working knowledge of machine safety and shop safety protocols.

- Excellent attention to detail.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

- Deep mechanical design experience and proven track record of success for rotary and linear actuators and sensors.

- Experience with torque and force sensing instrumentation and data reduction.

- Working knowledge of electromagnetic and thermal analysis techniques.

- Design for volume manufacturing.

- Detailed assembly stackup development.

- Working knowledge of material selection and supply chains.

Benefits:

- Highly competitive equity grants

- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits package

Salary Range: $147,000-$196,000 USD

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## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Actuator Design
- eMachine Design
- Electromechanical Systems
- CAD Design
- Manufacturing Methods
- GD&T
- Machine Shop Operations

### Nice to have
- Torque and Force Sensing
- Electromagnetic Analysis
- Thermal Analysis
- Volume Manufacturing
- Assembly Stackup Development
- Material Selection

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