Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
The Maritime Manufacturing Technology team is responsible for rapidly developing, manufacturing, and qualifying mission-critical defense hardware.
We are seeking a versatile Test & Evaluation Engineer to join our Maritime team in Santa Ana, CA.
In this role, you will connect requirements and design engineering with physical execution, owning the hardware test lifecycle from initial front-end requirements ingestion through hands-on floor test execution and operational evaluations.
Responsibilities:
- Requirements & Test Architecture: Ingest customer, system-level, and subsystem requirements to develop comprehensive Test & Evaluation Plans, Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM), Design Verification Plans & Reports (DVP&R), and detailed standard operating procedures.
- HITL & Functional Qualification Testing: Own HITL test architectures, test plan generation, and execution across major assets.
- Hydrostatic & Pressure Vessel Testing: Design, build, and oversee high-pressure hydrostatic proof, burst, and cyclic pressure test setups for mission-critical subsea hardware and pressure-boundary structures.
- Test Rig Design & Build: Design, fabricate, and validate specialized test fixtures, mechanical rigs, and electrical ground support equipment to capture critical performance metrics.
- Floor & Field Execution: Lead hands-on integration, functional testing, environmental validation, and troubleshooting on the production floor and during operational and on-water trials.
- Data Acquisition & Analysis: Select, calibrate, and install instrumentation (sensors, data loggers, DAQ modules) to acquire, process, and troubleshoot empirical test data against system-level performance targets.
- Root Cause & Failure Analysis: Lead investigations into hardware and system anomalies, executing root-cause failure analyses (8D, FMEA, fault tree) and driving corrective design and process actions.
- Test Infrastructure & Lab Operations: Partner with internal facilities and external ISO/IEC 17025 accredited mechanical and calibration testing laboratories to scope, schedule, instrument, and conduct complex environmental and structural test plans.
- Cross-Functional & Vendor Interface: Serve as the technical face of test integration across engineering, manufacturing, and program operations.
- Team Leadership & Scale: Serve as a technical anchor on the floor, mentoring junior engineers and technicians, and helping shape the standards and cadence of the growing test and evaluation team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
- 3–7+ years of experience (flexible leveling) spanning test engineering, integration, and operational evaluation of complex systems.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate the full test lifecycle: ingesting front-end engineering requirements, defining test methodologies, building test rigs, and managing test execution.
- Hands-on proficiency with mechanical/electrical instrumentation, sensor integration, wiring harnesses, and data acquisition tools.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to ensure you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.