Payloads Integration Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril is seeking a Payloads Integration Engineer to join the Maneuver Dominance team at our Costa Mesa HQ. The Maneuver Dominance (MD) Team at Anduril develops aerial robotic systems designed to operate in large coordinated teams in concert with ground maneuver forces. We leverage existing Anduril drone platforms like Ghost, Altius, or Roadrunner, in addition to bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem. We develop perception and autonomy algorithms to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.

As a Payload Integration Engineer, you will lead/enable mechanical design, analysis and integration of Anduril payloads into host platforms. This is a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in one of the most challenging and differing engineering domains; large autonomous air vehicles. You will work closely with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments as part of a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Lead or support efforts performing integration, verification and/or validation of weapon systems on Anduril’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems platforms

Develop program plans, estimates, and schedules

Develop system/architecture designs, perform system level analysis, and generate requirements

Troubleshoot conflicting design/development requirements

Develop and present technical material for reviews and meetings

Support lab, ground, and flight test events

Develop/maintain Interface Control Documents, Software Requirement Specifications, Performance Specifications, presentations and review test plans/procedures

Coordinate and interface with customers, contractors, and engineering groups assigned to projects

Support ongoing operation of the weapons systems

Provide support for proposals/white papers for future efforts or capabilities

Provide direction to design and to technical staff

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, computer science or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, seven or more years of experience with a master’s degree or five or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.

Software programming or embedded systems experience (familiarity with C++, MATLAB, Python, PERL scripting, etc.)

Familiarity with Air-to-Air weapons, MIL-STD-1553, and logical Interface Control Documents

Experience integrating weapons, payloads, or avionics onto aircraft

Experience with weapon or tactical datalinks

Must be customer focused with the ability to formulate and implement plans to resolve technical engineering problems

Ability to travel to support program and test events (up to 25%)

Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in NX/Teamcenter

Experience in Solidworks

Experience designing mechanical parts and test equipment (CAD).

Understanding of manufacturing methods (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, composite lamination, etc)

Experience developing subsystem layouts, performing architectural trade studies, and evaluating vendor performance data

US Salary Range

$146,000 $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

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