About the position
Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join its Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance mission team. This role is pivotal in designing new product lines, specifically focusing on infrared Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) and Ladar systems. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary technical team to define mechanical architectures, complete mechanical design and analysis, build prototypes, and lead the transition of these prototypes into production-ready products. The successful candidate will have a strong background in designing and delivering environmentally rugged, precision pointing opto-mechanical systems, ensuring that the products meet the rigorous demands of military applications. In this position, you will own the hardware from concept generation to real-world use, applying first principles physics as the foundation for your decisions. You will lead system integration activities into tactical platforms, including ships and aircraft, and will be responsible for building prototypes, analyzing failures, and transitioning successful projects into production. Additionally, you will support critical hardware demonstrations with customers and act as the mechanical program lead on new optical system development efforts. Your role will also involve defining top-level system architecture trades to develop optimal system designs and executing in-depth and rigorous opto-mechanical designs. Travel to test sites may be required as part of the job responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Own hardware from concept generation to real world use
- Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision
- Lead system integration activities into tactical platforms including ship and aircraft
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
- Act as the mechanical program lead on new optical system development efforts
- Define top level system architecture trades to develop optimal system designs
- Execute in-depth and rigorous opto-mechanical designs
- Travel to test sites as needed
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience
- Experience in an immersive interdisciplinary technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
- CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet common industry standards
- Understanding of thermal and structural analysis
- Demonstrated hands on fabrication skills
- Ability to integrate electronic components into mechanical designs (motors, controllers, sensors etc.)
- Experience with machining, sheet metal, injection molding, and 3D printing
- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with complex optical system design, analysis, test and implementation
- Experience performing detailed analysis including any of thermal-elastic, line-of-sight, jitter, modal, thermal
Benefits
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: 100% covered for you and 90% for dependents
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered
- Generous company holiday calendar and highly competitive PTO plans
- 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave
- Family Planning & Parenting Support including fertility and adoption coverage
- Free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and life coaching
- Professional development stipend available to all employees
- Daily meals and provisions in many offices
- Company-funded commuter benefits based on region
- Relocation assistance depending on role eligibility
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with traditional and Roth options
