# Materials and Process Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace

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## Description

## Job Summary

The Materials and Process Engineer will be part of the Air Dominance and Strike Aerostructures Engineering Team, responsible for designing and analyzing advanced structural parts for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms.

## Key Responsibilities

### Material & Process Ownership

- Select materials and ensure compliance for primary and secondary structural parts, working with structures engineers from preliminary design through prototype manufacturing and production.

- Execute established processes for bonding, surface preparation, coatings, fastening, and composite layup on airframe hardware.

- Contribute to structural trade studies, evaluating material and process choices against weight, performance, manufacturability, cost, and schedule.

- Apply design-for-manufacturing principles to ensure structural solutions are producible at scale.

### Standards, Documentation & Vendor Interface

- Develop material and process standards, approved materials lists, and common procedures for air vehicle programs.

- Author technical documentation sections, such as specifications, procedures, test reports, and vendor requirements.

- Review vendor and subcontractor build records for materials and process compliance.

### Testing & Characterization

- Design and conduct testing to characterize materials and process performance, including bond strength, mechanical properties, and environmental exposure.

- Collaborate with internal and external test labs on characterization and failure analysis.

- Analyze test data, draw engineering conclusions, and communicate findings to structures and manufacturing engineering teams.

### Manufacturing & Integration Support

- Provide onsite engineering support during manufacturing and integration, addressing process issues, dispositioning non-conformances, and collaborating with structures and manufacturing teams.

- Participate in failure reviews and root cause investigations with senior engineers.

## Requirements

- B.S. in Materials Science, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.

- 2+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, or a related industry.

- Foundational knowledge of materials science and structural engineering principles.

- Familiarity with manufacturing processes for airframe hardware.

- Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills.

- Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD Secret Clearance.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Hands-on experience with fabrication tools, such as mills, lathes, and drills.

- Familiarity with structural testing methods and experimentation.

- Experience with composites design, fabrication, or testing.

- Exposure to Siemens NX or similar CAD software.

- Experience with fast-paced prototype fabrication.

- Knowledge of high-temperature materials selection.

- Familiarity with material characterization techniques.

## Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, equity grants, and top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

## Salary Range

$129,000-$171,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- materials science
- structural engineering
- manufacturing processes
- bonding
- surface preparation
- coatings
- fastening
- composite layup

### Nice to have
- hands-on fabrication
- structural testing
- composites design
- Siemens NX
- high-temperature materials
- material characterization

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