# Senior Mass Properties Engineer, Thunder

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 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.

The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder - an autonomous attack rotorcraft built to fight alongside crewed combat aviation to deliver overwhelming mass effects deep beyond the front lines.

As a Senior Mass Properties Engineer for the Thunder team, you will develop, track, and manage the mass properties for air vehicles to meet design and performance criteria.

Responsibilities:

- Contribute to the development of mass properties data for new air vehicle development.

- Develop, track, and manage mass properties data throughout air vehicle design phases.

- Participate in defining mass properties related design requirements.

- Provide vehicle and subsystem configuration trade study guidance.

- Support vehicle and subsystem level weight and balance control efforts.

- Estimate, calculate, measure, and verify weight, balance, and inertia of components, assemblies, and completed vehicles or systems.

- Participate in developing and maintaining mass properties accounting systems.

- Generate mass properties reports.

- Participate in developing and implementing new processes and tools.

Requirements:

- High-ownership and a bias toward action.

- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Robotics, Physics, or related technical discipline.

- 5+ years of experience in aircraft mass properties or related aerospace design roles.

- Strong understanding of aerospace principles, vehicle dynamics, and system integration.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Proven track record leading aircraft mass properties efforts from early development through flight test and production.

- Experience with aircraft mass properties tools.

- Coding experience to build out complex databases to manage and process BOM and weights data.

- Experience with Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Design Build Fly, or similar competitive engineering programs demonstrating hands-on vehicle integration experience.

The salary range for this role is $146,000-$194,000 USD per year. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineer
- Robotics
- Physics
- System Integration

### Nice to have
- Aircraft Mass Properties Tools
- Coding
- Formula SAE
- Baja SAE
- Design Build Fly

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