# Manufacturing Test Engineering, Propulsion

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers
**Category**: Manufacturing
**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 Propulsion Test Engineer, you will develop, build, and execute the test campaigns that qualify mission-critical air vehicle propulsion systems and micro-turbojets for production.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as Test Director during engine and micro-turbojet hot-fire runs, managing test stand operations, console communication, go/no-go criteria, and emergency abort procedures

- Design, build, and maintain propulsion test hardware infrastructure, including instrumented test racks, sensor harnesses, engine test stands, and thrust measurement fixtures

- Author comprehensive propulsion test plans, run procedures, redline limits, and acceptance criteria in close collaboration with development engineers

- Develop robust, automated test and data acquisition software in Python running on Linux/Unix systems to control engine profiles and record telemetry

- Implement and debug CAN bus communications to interface with Engine Control Units (ECUs), smart actuators, fuel pumps, and test stand controllers

- Integrate and calibrate propulsion test instrumentation, including load cells, pressure transducers, thermocouples/RTDs, mass flow meters, and vibration sensors

- Configure, operate, and troubleshoot Linux/Unix test systems using terminal command-line tools, SSH, and network debugging utilities

- Perform rapid root-cause analysis (RCCA) on unexpected engine behaviors, instrumentation dropouts, or hardware anomalies observed during test execution

- Analyze post-test steady-state and transient telemetry (thrust, fuel flow, turbine inlet temperature, spool response) and generate detailed test summary reports

- Maintain and scale propulsion test cell facilities, driving improvements in turnaround time, automated checkout procedures, and facility safety

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

- Demonstrated experience in managing control room operations, coordinating complex test schedules, and maintaining accurate inventory tracking systems.

- 3+ years of hands-on experience in propulsion testing, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test setups, or engine test cell operations

- Direct, hands-on experience with micro-turbojet engine testing (mandatory)

- Proven experience serving as a Test Director, console operator, or lead test engineer during live engine runs or hazardous hot-fire operations

- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and wiring test racks, instrumentation boxes, and benchtop DAQ systems

- Proficiency writing automated test, control, and data acquisition software in Python within a Linux/Unix environment

- Strong Linux/Unix systems knowledge, including terminal command-line proficiency, SSH, and network configuration/debugging

- Hands-on experience with CAN bus hardware interfaces and messaging protocols for control and data logging

- Experience selecting, wiring, and calibrating sensors: pressure transducers, thermocouples, load cells, and flow meters

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

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Linux/Unix
- CAN bus
- Propulsion testing
- Test automation
- Data acquisition
- Sensor calibration
- Engine testing

### Nice to have
- Turbine engine test experience
- Fluid systems
- High-pressure plumbing
- Fuel delivery lines
- CAD tools
- High-speed data acquisition platforms
- AS9100 or aerospace quality standards

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