# Senior Scientist

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: West Lafayette, Indiana
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $123,000-$192,000 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 Sr. Scientist at our W. Lafayette, IN, office, you will support the development of Anduril’s proprietary metal-powder fuel formulation through chemical and materials research and development.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct experimental research under the guidance of a senior principal scientist.

- Collaborate with a multi-specialized team.

- Analyze data & plan experiments & make brief technical presentations.

- Support multi-threaded project management.

Requirements:

- Ph.D or Master’s degree + 3 years of experience or a Bachelor’s degree + 5 year’s of experience in chemical, materials science, or metallurgical engineering, chemistry, or related fields.

- Experience with air-sensitive chemistries, materials and techniques.

- Fundamental knowledge of material and chemical sciences.

- Experience in team-oriented project execution.

- Eligible to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance.

- Eligibility to work on-site in West Lafayette, IN.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Ph.D + 2 years of experience or Master’s degree + 5 years of experience or a Bachelor’s degree + 7 years of experience in chemical, materials science, or metallurgical engineering, chemistry, or related fields.

- Experience with various materials types and processing techniques (inorganics, organics, ceramics, polymers, nanomaterials).

- Experience with air-sensitive chemistries, materials and techniques (Schlenk line and/or glovebox).

- Experience with thin films and surface chemistry.

- Experience with materials characterization techniques and interpretation (FTIR, NMR, GC-MS, ICP, gravimetric analysis, microscopy, DSC, etc.).

- Experience with propellant or energetic materials.

- Experience in the aerospace and defense industries.

- Experience with team project leadership & management.

- Well-developed soft skills for technical project collaboration.

Benefits:

- Highly competitive equity grants

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

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## Skills

### Required
- chemical engineering
- materials science
- metallurgical engineering
- chemistry
- project management
- air-sensitive chemistries

### Nice to have
- propellant materials
- energetic materials
- aerospace engineering
- defense industries
- team leadership
- technical project collaboration

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