# Senior Structural 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.

We are seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join the Thunder Team at our Costa Mesa HQ. You will work on new aircraft development in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years.

Responsibilities:

- Perform static and dynamic structural analyses of composites and metallics using first principles and appropriate analysis methods

- Develop and own FEM creation and organization at the global and subsystem level

- Collaborate with hardware engineers to drive proper designs based on analytical results

- Document analysis methodology and results in technical reports for internal teams and external stakeholders

- Conduct and support validation testing, including instrumentation requirements, load requirements, data collection, and model correlation

- Participate in flight testing including setting Do No Exceed values, monitoring loads, and dispositioning inspection findings

- Ensure designs meet customer requirements, industry standards, and safety regulations

- Stay current with advancements in analysis techniques, materials technology, and industry standards

Requirements:

- BS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures

- Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and materials properties

- Structural testing experience (static, buckling, cyclic) including sensor selection, data acquisition, and data post-processing

- Proficiency in FEA software (ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN) solution sequences for linear and non-linear static and buckling analyses

- Experience with CAD tools (NX, Solidworks)

- Proficiency in Matlab or Python (or equivalent) for developing analytical models, data acquisition, and automation

- Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision

- Very organized and willing to establish scope and requirements for ill-defined problems

- Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- 6+ years of experience in a structures, dynamics, or loads related role with high ownership and accountability for hardware outcomes

- MS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures

- Experience with high cycle fatigue and/or turbomachinery

- Ability to develop workflow automation tools

Benefits:

- Highly competitive equity grants

- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive health, recovery, and other support

## Skills

### Required
- statics
- dynamics
- mechanics of materials
- materials properties
- structural testing
- FEA software
- CAD tools
- Matlab or Python

### Nice to have
- high cycle fatigue
- turbomachinery
- workflow automation tools

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