# Ground Loads Engineer, Air Vehicles

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $132,000-$175,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Air Dominance and Strike Aerostructures Engineering Team designs and analyzes advanced structural parts for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. As a Ground Loads Engineer, Air Vehicles, you will develop ground structural dynamics analyses for multiple air vehicles and systems to ensure structural integrity under various ground conditions.

**Responsibilities**

- Develop ground structural dynamics analyses for multiple air vehicles and systems

- Develop multi-variate and Monte Carlo analysis cases

- Maintain integrated multi-body dynamics models

- Generate ground loads data according to specifications such as MIL-A-8863, JSSG-2006, and other relevant standards

- Collaborate with design engineers to develop landing gear and arresting hook system internal design and optimization strategies

- Prepare detailed technical reports and present findings to internal teams, management, and external customers

- Develop test plans and perform landing gear and arresting hook dynamics testing

- Define instrumentation and perform data processing for ground dynamics data acquisition

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structural dynamics

- 5+ years of experience in a structures, dynamics, or loads related role

- Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, materials science, finite element analysis, and dynamic testing

- Proficiency in multi-body dynamics software, FEMAP, Nastran, Matlab, Python, or similar

- Self-directed, results-oriented, and capable of working in a dynamic environment

- Excellent time management, organizational, and communication skills

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Prior experience developing landing gear ground loads or structural compliance per MIL-A-8863, JSSG-2006, or similar

- Prior experience with Navy shore and ship-based ground/flight testing as landing gear loads

- Ability to develop workflow automation tools

- Structural or dynamics testing experience

**Benefits** Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

## Skills

### Required
- structural dynamics
- statics
- solid mechanics
- materials science
- finite element analysis
- dynamic testing
- multi-body dynamics software
- FEMAP
- Nastran
- Matlab
- Python

### Nice to have
- landing gear ground loads
- structural compliance
- MIL-A-8863
- JSSG-2006
- workflow automation tools
- structural testing
- dynamics testing

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