# Mechanical Launch Integration Engineer, Space

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

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## Description

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding AI-powered capabilities into space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners.

You will own launch integration for spacecraft programs from kick-off through separation on orbit, serving as the primary technical interface to the launch vehicle provider.

Responsibilities:

- Author and negotiate Launch Requirements Documents and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) that define mechanical, electrical, and environmental interfaces between spacecraft and launch vehicle.

- Coordinate delivery of analysis and data products to and from the launch provider.

- Define and verify spacecraft compatibility with launch environments.

- Own verification and compliance matrix against launch provider requirements for spacecraft and payloads.

- Plan and lead launch site operations.

- Support integration and readiness reviews.

- Work with internal teams and government agencies to obtain required licenses and approvals.

- Triage issues and drive lessons learned into simpler processes.

- Create excellent technical documentation.

- Travel to launch sites, ranges, and vendors as needed.

Required Qualifications:

- BS or higher degree in engineering or a hard science, ideally in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

- Experience conducting launch integration operations.

- Experience interfacing with launch vehicle providers and spacecraft development teams.

- Ability to quickly understand and navigate detailed requirements.

- Highly motivated and capable of solving complex technical problems.

- Clear communication and organizational skills.

- Excellent attention to detail.

- Willing to establish scope and requirements for ill-defined problems.

- Desire to work on critical spacecraft systems.

- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience writing code or automating functions.

- Experience supporting spacecraft environmental test campaigns.

- Experience designing and integrating mechanical and electrical ground support equipment.

- Familiarity with launch vehicle user's guides.

- Direct experience running coupled loads, separation and clearance, or structural and thermal analyses.

- Experience working as a stack integrator.

- Familiarity with range safety, launch licensing, and orbital debris mitigation.

The salary range for this role is $129,000-$171,000 USD per year.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Launch Integration
- Spacecraft Development
- Interface Control Documents
- Technical Documentation

### Nice to have
- Python
- MATLAB
- Environmental Test Campaigns
- Ground Support Equipment
- Launch Vehicle User's Guides
- Coupled Loads Analysis
- Range Safety
- Launch Licensing
- Orbital Debris Mitigation

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