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Salary: USD 113,000 - 191,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Test and Systems Engineer to join the Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) team in Huntsville, AL. 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 interface with internal stakeholders and external customers to derive qualification requirements and develop robust test plans and verification approaches.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing technical leadership and guidance to the test team on subscale and solid rocket motor static tests
- Participating in and driving verification activities including subscale testing, environmental testing, and static testing
- Developing and standardizing test processes, procedures, and CONOPs while identifying high-risk processes
- Identifying and working with suppliers and customers to outsource testing as needed
- Developing new test capabilities at production facilities
- 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 at manufacturing facilities and supplier sites
- Developing systems engineering artifacts based on stakeholder needs, often serving as contractual deliverables
- Demonstrating Anduril's systems engineering, test, and mission systems integration capabilities
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or similar engineering/technical field
- 5+ years of systems or test engineering experience across the life cycle
- Test experience, preferably in propulsion and space applications
- Strong technical leadership experience with initiative and ownership
- Experience documenting processes and procedures and producing 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 and presentation skills
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Experience creating and improving processes
- Willingness to travel 10-15% of the time
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience working with ordnance or energetic materials
- Experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, or similar methodologies
- Experience developing model-based systems engineering artifacts (operational viewpoints, system viewpoints, activity diagrams, use case diagrams, BDDs, IBDs, parametric diagrams)
- Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar systems engineering software (Rhapsody, SparxEA)
- Experience with digital engineering workflows and integrated modeling environments (Teamwork Cloud)
- Experience with modeling of rocket motor systems
- Background 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
- Proficiency with Mathworks products (MATLAB, SIMULINK)
