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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Propulsion Engineer to join the Air Dominance & Strike Propulsion Integration team. This role focuses on designing and integrating advanced hardware for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms, with ownership of the full development lifecycle from concept through flight test.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead or contribute significantly to the selection, architecture, and integration of Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs), ignition systems, Thrust Vector Control (TVC) systems, and ordnance on missile platforms and air vehicles
- Design, fabricate, and test prototype components, structural interfaces, and thrust vectoring or ignition control systems
- Plan, instrument, and execute ground static fire, environmental, and integration tests of solid rocket propulsion systems
- Coordinate with SRM vendors, develop strategic partnerships, and manage development projects
- Lead or support critical hardware demonstrations with customers
- Contribute to CAD design for structural integration, motor cases, nozzles, blast tubes, and aerodynamic/structural interfaces
- Travel to vendor sites, test sites, and test ranges as needed
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering
- 8+ years of propulsion engineering experience on tactical missiles, launch vehicles, or air vehicles
- Hands-on experience with Solid Rocket Motors for aerospace or defense applications
- Strong understanding of solid rocket motor ballistics, propellant chemistry, and grain design
- Proven experience designing complex mechanical parts and rocket motor components using 3D CAD
- Exposure to static fire testing, environmental testing, or qualification of rocket motors
- Familiarity with manufacturing methods (machining, composites, filament winding, high-temperature materials, sheet metal, 3D printing)
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications include experience with NX/Teamcenter, Python, MATLAB, hands-on solid rocket motor testing, previous work at an SRM OEM, knowledge of TVC systems and ordnance systems, sensitive munitions testing experience, and an active Top Secret clearance.
