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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join the Roadrunner program within the Air Dominance and Strike division. This role focuses on designing and integrating advanced hardware for high-speed unmanned air vehicles, with ownership of the full development lifecycle from concept generation through integration and flight test.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own mechanical designs from concept to real-world deployment, including avionics, mechanisms, thermal systems, fuel systems, and general design tasks
- Develop and integrate hardware on unmanned air vehicles
- Apply first-principles physics as the foundation for all design decisions
- Lead design reviews, conduct analysis, coordinate with vendors, and define and execute hardware test plans
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
- Travel to test sites as required
- Support the design and analysis of composite structures, including development of tooling for high-volume production
The successful candidate will work on cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology integrated into military systems powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that transforms data streams into real-time 3D command and control capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or related roles
- Proficiency designing mechanical parts using CAD software (Siemens NX preferred)
- Understanding of scalable manufacturing methods for composites, metal components, and plastics (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.)
- Strong technical knowledge in core engineering principles and first-principles physics
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Broad experience working across multiple mechanical engineering domains (mechanisms, thermal systems, avionics, fuel systems, structures)
- Ability to adapt designs from metal components to composites with understanding of material trade-offs
- Knowledge of advanced manufacturing techniques for composites and plastics
- Hands-on experience with composites and tool design, including familiarity with out-of-autoclave fabrication methods
- Experience in thermal and structural analysis
