# Propulsion Design & Sustainment Engineer

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Santa Ana, California, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Propulsion Design and Sustainment Engineer to join our team, working in a cutting-edge environment to advance our Air Breathing Turbojet Engine Technology. The successful candidate will have experience in hardware or integrated product development and have ideally worked within all stages of a standard product life cycle. They should be technically inclined with strong problem-solving skills, and able to comfortably understand core engineering design and manufacturing principles.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting new products transitioning to and currently in production, ensuring smooth production onboarding or sustainment.

- Working with System Architect to map Vehicle level requirements to subsystem or component level.

- Procuring, building, testing and analysing new or sustaining hardware against requirements.

- Maintaining Design Verification and Validation plans.

- Working with the manufacturing and R&D engineering teams to implement incremental product improvements to increase reliability, performance and manufacturability.

- Creating and maintaining BOMs, Parts, Assemblies, drawings and technical procedures for existing engine configurations under development or sustaining status.

- Leading investigations into field failures or manufacturing/design issues and presenting proposed changes.

- Working with responsible engineers to propose permanent corrective actions.

- Working with responsible engineers to issue formal Change Requests, track and monitor them for timely implementation.

- Representing the design team in Change Control Board or Change Review Board.

- Being responsible for Value Engineering activities; collaborating with Supply Base and Responsible Engineers to implement cost reduction or supplier resiliency initiatives.

- Acting as a single point of contact for providing daily engineering support to engine production operations to resolve production obstacles.

- Facilitating supplier liaison on technical specifications and quality improvements.

The ideal candidate will have:

- 3+ years experience in Design Engineering, Sustaining or hands-on R&D role.

- BS or higher degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

- Experience designing mechanical parts (CAD) in NX or Solidworks.

- Understanding of manufacturing methods (Castings, Machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection moulding etc.).

- Proficient in mechanical drawings, ASME Y14.5 GD&T.

- Experience with release management in Teamcenter or equivalent PLM systems.

- Experience procuring parts and working in a machine shop.

- Working knowledge of machine safety and shop safety protocols.

- Excellent attention to detail, ability to manage product complexity and associated requirements.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Demonstrated ability to work within a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

- Organised and detail-oriented.

Preferred qualifications include experience developing high-speed machines for aerospace or automotive applications, experience launching products in high-volume production, and proven track record of working in multidisciplinary teams.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- CAD
- NX
- Solidworks
- Manufacturing Methods
- Machine Safety
- Shop Safety Protocols
- Release Management
- PLM Systems
- Part Procurement
- Machine Shop Operations

### Nice to have
- High-Speed Machine Development
- Product Launch
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork