# Explosive Operations Engineer

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: competitive equity grants and top-tier benefits
**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.

Anduril is seeking an Explosives Operations Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. Our Explosives Engineering & Operations group supports the safe development, testing, and fielding of explosive systems across multiple Anduril product lines, including Roadrunner, Bolt, Barracuda, Altius, and Copperhead.

**Responsibilities**

- Plan, organize, and execute explosives operations in support of current and future Anduril products.

- Support hands-on explosives operations across lab, test, and field environments.

- Support range safety activities and contribute to the overall safety and compliance posture of explosive operations.

- Contribute to site laydowns, blast and fragmentation considerations, quantity-distance evaluations, and other mitigation strategies related to explosive operations.

- Review and enforce explosive safety procedures and operating instructions, and ensure personnel understand and follow them.

- Ensure operations are executed in accordance with applicable DoD, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA, and internal safety requirements based on the operational context.

- Serve as a subject matter expert on explosives operations, handling, safety, and compliance.

- Partner across legal, operations, finance, program leadership, business development, engineering, manufacturing, and EHS to support products involving explosives.

- Oversee explosives storage, including inventory, security, inspections, and forecasting.

- Improve explosives operations and training programs to meet regulatory, company, and customer requirements.

- Train and instruct others on safe handling and operational execution.

- Work effectively with Anduril customers, both USG and non-USG, and internal teams in austere environments.

**Impact**

- Enable safe, scalable deployment across Anduril’s product portfolio.

- Increase operational velocity without compromising compliance.

- Strengthen explosives operations as the business scales.

- Translate mission needs into real-world execution.

**Required Qualifications**

- 4+ years of progressive experience in explosives operations, including practical experience with explosives safety, storage, transportation, and test or field execution.

- Hands-on experience executing or supporting explosive operations in operational, test, range, or field environments.

- Working knowledge of the regulatory environment surrounding explosives and energetic materials, including DoD explosives safety regulations, ATF/ATFE requirements, DOT, OSHA, and related compliance considerations.

- Experience developing or enforcing SOPs and supporting safe operating practices, incident investigations, and corrective actions.

- Ability to work cross-functionally in support of explosives-related activities across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and program teams.

- Ability to travel up to 25%–50%, including domestic test sites and occasional international travel.

- Must possess and maintain a U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or DOE L).

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Military EOD or equivalent explosives operations background.

- Active U.S. Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance.

- Experience with munitions field testing, explosives training, or leadership in explosive operations environments.

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.

- Experience operating in austere environments and engaging effectively with internal teams and external customers in the field.

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits

- Income Protection

- Generous time off

- Family Planning & Parenting Support

- Mental Health Resources

- Professional Development

- Commuter Benefits

- Relocation Assistance

- Retirement Savings Plan

## Skills

### Required
- explosives operations
- explosives safety
- regulatory compliance
- DoD regulations
- ATF/ATFE requirements
- DOT regulations
- OSHA regulations
- SOP development
- incident investigations
- corrective actions

### Nice to have
- Military EOD
- Top Secret security clearance
- munitions field testing
- explosives training
- leadership in explosive operations
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering

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