ME Payload Design and Integration Engineer, Anduril Industries
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- The right person for this role has a strong understanding of mechanical design, stress analysis, and thermal analysis principles, as well as a solid handle on the usage of tools common in industry
- If you are someone who is hardware-focused and detail-oriented then this role is for you
- 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in a regulated sector (air, marine, automotive — manned or unmanned)
- Experience integrating electrical and mechanical subsystems into unmanned vehicles
- Experience designing mechanical parts and test equipment (CAD)
- Understanding of manufacturing methods (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, composite lamination, etc)
- High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
- Competency in engineering analysis, including structural, thermal and electrical
- Batchelors or higher degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Automotive Engineering
- Ability to obtain and hold a UK Security Clearance to Secret Level
Desirable
- Experience in NX/Teamcenter
- Experience in Solidworks
- Experience in performing Stress Analysis through Finite Element Analysis using industry standard tools (e.g. Ansys)
- Experience in material selection for demanding environments (e.g. maritime)
- Experience developing subsystem layouts, performing architectural trade studies, and evaluating vendor performance data
What the job involves
- Anduril’s UK Engineering group is seeking a ME Payload Design and Integration Engineer to join our growing team
- As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will conduct mechanical design, analysis and integration of Anduril maritime payloads as well as avionic systems for airborne platforms
- This is a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in two of the most challenging and differing engineering domains
- Develop and integrate hardware on unmanned vehicles (air and sub-surface)
- Own designs from concept generation to real world use
- Use first principles in physics and engineering as a basis for every decision
- Lead design reviews, run analyses, define and execute hardware test plans
- Coordinate and interface with suppliers, customers, contractors, and engineering groups assigned to projects
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
- Develop and present technical material for reviews and meetings
- Travel to test sites nationally and internationally as needed
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$1.5bn
SERIES F
Dec 2022
$1.5bn
SERIES E
Total funding: $3.7bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
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Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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