Project Engineer and Site Lead, Autonomous Airpower

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Air Dominance & Strike division designs, develops, tests, and fields the next generation of autonomous air systems, strike weapons, and advanced propulsion for the United States and its allies.

We are hiring a Project Engineer to manage our developmental test site for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. This role will serve as a linchpin, aligning test operations, maintenance, and test engineering to meet program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Leads test engineering, maintenance, and operations for the Victorville test site.
• Responsible for technical adequacy, safety, and effectiveness of ground, taxi, and flight test for the site.
• Drives efficient and effective operations, balancing trade-offs between speed, rigor, and safety.
• Builds the team and processes needed to optimize and scale.
• Leads technical problem solving, RCCA investigations, and troubleshooting.
• Approves maintenance and test plans.
• Directs aircraft configuration and ensures readiness for operations.
• Accountable to Head of Test for safe, efficient, and technically adequate operations at the assigned test site.

Required Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in aircraft, weapons, or missile systems development and test.
• Hands-on experience with test, maintenance, and/or test stands.
• Test engineering experience working with developmental systems of manned and/or unmanned aircraft.
• Ability to quickly understand new concepts, apply them accurately, and organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases.
• Able to work extended hours as required.
• Ability to travel as required for test planning and execution.
• Ability to immediately obtain a U.S. Top Secret-level security clearance.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees