# Senior Mechanical Engineer, Air Vehicles

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 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.

The Air Dominance and Strike Mechanical Engineering Team is responsible for designing and integrating advanced hardware for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms.

**Responsibilities**

- Develop and integrate hardware on unmanned air vehicles

- Own designs from concept generation to real-world use

- Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

- Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans

- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production

- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed

- Travel to test sites as needed

**Required Qualifications**

- 8+ years of mechanical engineering experience on air vehicles

- Experience integrating electrical and mechanical subsystems into unmanned air vehicles

- Experience designing mechanical parts (CAD)

- Understanding of manufacturing methods (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, composite lamination, etc.)

- High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles

- BS or higher degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering

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

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience in NX/Teamcenter

- Experience developing aircraft subsystem layouts, performing architectural trade studies, and evaluating vendor performance data

- Competency in engineering analysis, including structural, thermal, and electrical

- Active U.S. Secret security clearance

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

- Income Protection: Life and disability insurance

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax options

## Skills

### Required
- mechanical engineering
- air vehicles
- unmanned air vehicles
- CAD
- engineering first principles

### Nice to have
- NX/Teamcenter
- aircraft subsystem layouts
- engineering analysis

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