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Salary: USD 128,000 - 191,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) team in Huntsville, Alabama. The RMS team is building next-generation solid rocket motors for tactical applications, with a mission to become a large-volume provider while maintaining a reputation for quality and reliability.
In this role, you will manage and verify requirements for a critical space propulsion program while developing test processes, standards, and procedures. You will serve as a technical leader for the test team, overseeing multiple test types from subscale to full solid rocket motor static tests.
Key responsibilities include:
- Interfacing with internal programs and external customers to derive qualification requirements and develop robust test plans and verification approaches
- Providing technical leadership and guidance to the existing test team
- Participating in and driving key verification activities including subscale testing, environmental testing, and static testing of solid rocket motors
- Developing and standardizing test processes and procedures, including defining test CONOPs and identifying high-risk processes
- Identifying and working with suppliers and customers to outsource testing as necessary
- Identifying needs for and developing new test capabilities at the production facility
- Generating, reviewing, and releasing work instructions, processes, and procedures
- Presenting to peers and customers in safety reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, and other forums
- Supporting prototyping, manufacturing, and test operations onsite at manufacturing facilities and supplier facilities
- Developing artifacts based on stakeholder needs and working closely with functional areas to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Demonstrating Anduril's systems engineering, test, and mission systems integration capabilities
This role requires approximately 10-15% travel.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or similar engineering/technical field
- 8+ years of systems or test engineering experience across the life cycle
- Test experience, preferably in propulsion and space-related applications
- Strong technical leadership experience, initiative, and ownership over tasks
- Experience documenting processes and procedures and producing on-floor work instructions/shop floor instructions
- Understanding of rocket motors and propulsion systems used in missiles
- Basic knowledge of reliability engineering concepts and practices
- Experience with systems testing and evaluation methodologies
- Experience with data acquisition systems, instrumentation, and data post-processing
- Experience with systems engineering, requirements elicitation and management, integration, and test activities on complex systems (DoD weapon systems, space systems, etc.)
- Outstanding communication skills including presentation of developed artifacts
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Experience creating and improving processes
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience working with ordnance or energetic materials
- Experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, or similar modeling frameworks
- Experience developing model-based systems engineering artifacts (operational viewpoints, system viewpoints, activity diagrams, use case diagrams, BDDs, IBDs, parametric diagrams, etc.)
- Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar systems engineering software (Rhapsody, SparxEA, etc.)
- Experience with digital engineering workflows and integrated modeling environments (e.g., Teamwork Cloud)
- Experience with modeling of rocket motor systems
- Experience in thermal analysis, structures, or propellant chemistry
- Knowledge of reliability prediction techniques and failure mode analysis
- Experience with test planning, execution, and data analysis for complex systems
- Experience with Cameo Simulation Toolkit plugin for Cameo MagicDraw
- Proficiency with Mathworks products (MATLAB, SIMULINK, etc.)
