# Senior Mechanical Engineer, Monument Design

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Defense Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support payloads integration for the Thunder team.

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 Mechanical Engineer, you will own and drive mechanical systems and platform development, overseeing the process from initial concept to low rate production.

Responsibilities:

- Lead technical efforts to define requirements, propose possible solutions, and establish a methodology for evaluating and verifying mechanical systems.

- Work in close partnership with other disciplines to ensure the electrical, software, and mechanical systems collectively form a reliable, flexible, cost-effective system.

- Spearhead design reviews, conduct analysis, visit vendors, prototype and implement hardware test plans.

- Actively contribute to the enhancement of team tools, templates, processes, and standards.

- Cultivate a vibrant, positive, dedicated, high-energy, educational, and enjoyable community environment.

- Balance operational needs across vehicle subsystems while optimizing for development speed, mass, manufacturability, and cost.

- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.

Requirements:

- Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)

- A minimum of 7+ years of experience in a professional technical engineering position (non-internship)

- Proven CAD skills (Any platform, but NX preferred) and the ability to produce high-quality engineering drawings that comply with common industry standards.

- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals in structures, fluids, thermal, and mechanisms

- MATLAB/SIMULINK/SIMSCAPE experience

- Manufacturing knowledge & experience with machine shops (sheet metal, CNC, etc.)

- Rapid prototyping background (structures/electronics/software) & 3D printing knowledge

- Proficient in hands-on prototyping (machining, shop tools, welding, soldering)

- BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or equivalent work experience

- Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills.

- Ability to travel 25% with potential surges above 25%

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in NX/Teamcenter

- Ability to integrate electronic components into mechanical designs (motors, controllers, sensors etc.)

- Solid understanding and application of GD&T

- Advanced designing skills for CNC machining, composites, sheet metal, injection molding, PCBA integration

- Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills

- Familiarity with running a qualification campaign for flight hardware

- Familiarity with designing for rugged environments

- Understanding of MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810G

- Experience with electro-mechanical and electrical design concepts

- Experience with Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Design Build Fly, etc.

The salary range for this role is $146,000-$194,000 USD per year.

## Skills

### Required
- CAD
- MATLAB
- SIMULINK
- SIMSCAPE
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Rapid Prototyping
- 3D Printing

### Nice to have
- NX
- Teamcenter
- GD&T
- CNC Machining
- Composites
- Sheet Metal
- Injection Molding
- PCBA Integration

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