# Director of Advanced Design

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $254,000-$336,000 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.

We are seeking a Director of Advanced Design for the Air Dominance & Strike hardware engineering organization. This role will oversee the conceptual design for Group 5 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and advanced missile platforms.

**Responsibilities**

- Direct the end-to-end conceptual design process for UAV and missile platforms, including mission analysis, configuration trade studies, requirements development, and architecture selection.

- Serve as a technical expert for early-phase pursuits, shaping concept white-papers, customer proposals, and technology roadmaps, partnering with the chief engineering team.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with technical feasibility, affordability, and customer mission needs.

- Support direct interactions with customers to translate mission requirements into design concepts.

- Act as a senior technical decision-maker, applying engineering intuition and prior experience to ensure effective design paths and avoid costly development missteps.

- Partner with Chief Engineers and product teams to align engineering execution with broader mission and capability goals.

- Stay at the forefront of emerging aerospace technologies and threats, incorporating disruptive innovations into early-stage designs.

**Required Qualifications**

- 10+ years of experience in conceptual or preliminary design of aerospace systems, with technical leadership roles on Group 5 UAS, similar class aircraft, or advanced missile systems.

- Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the core aerospace hardware disciplines: aerodynamics, structures, propulsion integration, or electrical systems.

- Deep understanding of system architecture, mission requirements, and full product lifecycle development.

- Proven experience leading high-performance engineering teams, ideally in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

- Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related field.

- Experience with rapid prototyping and iterative development environments.

- Hands-on experience with advanced design tools, simulation, and test equipment.

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and overall well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- aerospace systems
- conceptual design
- technical leadership
- system architecture
- mission requirements

### Nice to have
- rapid prototyping
- iterative development
- advanced design tools
- simulation
- test equipment

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