Stress Analysis Engineer, Maritime Structures

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

We are looking for a Stress Analysis Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Santa Ana, CA to lead stress analysis, materials characterization, and design allowables development for mission-critical maritime and subsea hardware.

Responsibilities

• Perform classical hand calculations and advanced Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on complex maritime pressure boundaries, structural enclosures, and mechanism assemblies.
• Define, build, and maintain statistical structural design allowables across primary metallic and composite materials.
• Serve as the custodian of the centralized allowables database across engineering teams.
• Act as the primary analysis interface to Materials & Processes (M&P) and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Account for manufacturing-induced effects in structural assessments.
• Drive structural test programs from coupon-level mechanical testing to full-scale subcomponent qualification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ years (Mid) or 7+ years (Senior) of demonstrated experience in structural stress analysis on high-consequence hardware.
• Deep proficiency in both classical hand calculations and commercial FEA tools.
• Practical experience developing design allowables using statistical methods.
• Strong understanding of heavy metallic fabrication processes and their influence on fatigue life and structural margins.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with maritime, subsea, or pressure-vessel structural design.
• Working knowledge of fatigue and fracture mechanics software.
• Hands-on experience coordinating with external mechanical and environmental testing laboratories.
• Familiarity with modern CAD platforms and automated scripting for analysis post-processing.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees.