# Chief Engineer, Advanced Effects

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,000-$292,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/4742120007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e57e0f8c-be7

## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

You’ll own the technical development of large aircraft from white paper sketches and conceptual design through detailed design, build, flight test, transition to production, and sustainment.

Responsibilities:

- Lead technical and programmatic execution of new and existing air vehicle systems design, fabrication, test, productization and sustainment.

- Own the technical and programmatic success of your programs, establish technical and programmatic vision, assemble teams of internal and external subject matter experts, and communicate that vision to them.

- Set up trades to enable the exploration of early conceptual designs while working closely with technical SME’s and Business Development teams to find the right solution to current and future gaps in the DOD capability to ensure the warfighter has the best solution for current and future conflicts.

- Manage the detailed design of the system and subsystems including requirements development, sub-system trades and optimization, risk management etc. to ensure the appropriate consideration of design key performance parameters, schedule, costs and risks.

- Coordinate the fabrication of prototype and low-rate production articles and subsystem/system level test efforts.

- Support remotely deployed operations of your systems.

- Work with senior leadership to ensure resource plans are adequate for work scope.

Requirements:

- Deep understanding of unmanned aircraft at and above Group 3 class.

- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

- Experience in a senior role leading air vehicle programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers.

- Experience driving strategic direction in competitive landscapes, solving complex system optimization challenges under tight constraints.

- Proven ability to deliver functional capabilities while aligning technical objectives with programmatic outcomes.

- Demonstrated collaboration and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

- Strong understanding of the “why” behind Vehicle and Systems design.

- Experience working on mission critical DOD systems.

- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed systems.

- Travel up to 50% to Customer and Test Sites.

- 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 packages available at little to no cost to employees.

## Skills

### Required
- unmanned aircraft
- aerospace engineering
- mechanical engineering
- electrical engineering
- software engineering
- program management
- system optimization
- risk management
- troubleshooting

---

Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/4742120007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)