Anduril Industries is a protection expertise firm with a mission to rework U.S. and allied army capabilities with superior expertise. By bringing the experience, expertise, and enterprise mannequin of the twenty first century’s most modern corporations to the protection business, Anduril is altering how army methods are designed, constructed and bought. Anduril’s household of methods is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered working system that turns hundreds of information streams right into a realtime, 3D command and management heart. Because the world enters an period of strategic competitors, Anduril is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, laptop imaginative and prescient, sensor fusion, and networking expertise to the army in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
Anduril is searching for a Lead Air Car Engineer to affix the Maneuver Dominance staff at our Costa Mesa HQ to guide the convergence of technical efforts in creating a complicated airborne VTOL platform. This particular person will play a pivotal position in shaping the way forward for vertical flight specializing in air car growth and integrating mission autonomy to fulfill the evolving calls for of protection capabilities.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Right here you’ll work on core product growth for unmanned rotorcraft and sophisticated methods, together with however not restricted to plane configuration, composites, mechanisms, and constructions. The position requires excessive possession and frequent collaboration with different core disciplines. The perfect candidate could be sensible, hands-on and a self starter. Excessive development potential is feasible in addition to further management alternatives.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Construct, mentor, and handle a various staff of aerospace engineers, making certain that their experience is synergistically aligned with the undertaking’s strategic aims, engineering milestones, and general air car design efforts.
- Execute fast analysis of engineering ideas in a variety of fields
- Carry out commerce research and physics-based evaluation of blue-sky engineering issues
- Design, implementation, and check of complicated air car
- Excessive stage system possession with massive ranges {of professional} autonomy
- Lead design evaluations, run evaluation, go to distributors, outline and execute {hardware} check plans
- Construct prototypes, analyze failures, and transition profitable tasks into manufacturing
- Assist vital {hardware} demonstrations with clients as wanted
- Journey to check websites as wanted
- Use first rules physics as a foundation for each resolution
- Put on many hats
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s diploma in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Robotics, Physics , or associated technical self-discipline.
- Minimal of 8 years in technical management roles similar to Technical Program Supervisor, Chief Engineer, Lead Engineer or equally related place.
- Management expertise in engineering staff administration and undertaking execution for aerospace or protection sectors.
- Deep expertise creating rotary-wing VTOL platforms.
- Superior proficiency in flight science skillsets and guiding the interrelated disciplines of aerodynamics, flight dynamics, GNC, aeroelastic, masses and dynamics.
- Broad publicity to plane ideas, design layouts, static stability, management architectures and propulsion ideas.
- Demonstrated capability to guide and encourage cross-functional groups, fostering a collaborative setting that drives innovation and undertaking success.
- Robust undertaking administration abilities, with expertise utilizing instruments like JIRA and Confluence, and information of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Distinctive communication and stakeholder administration skills, able to partaking successfully with each technical groups and non-technical companions.
- Information of plane design rules, together with familiarity with vertical carry, eVTOL and hybrid-electric propulsion methods, in addition to plane construct and integration, and flight check execution/oversight.
- Fingers-on expertise with the event and deployment of autonomous methods, significantly in rotorcraft or massive UAS.
- Eligible to acquire a U.S. Secret safety clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Direct expertise with autonomous methods, particularly with the event and integration of rotorcraft or bigger UAS.
- Deep familiarity with unmanned plane, autonomous methods, robotics, plane design, significantly eVTOL and hybrid-electric propulsion methods.
- Educated within the nuanced integration of complicated methods, similar to launched results, into aerial platforms, making certain system compatibility and efficiency.
- An in depth community inside the aerospace business, enabling efficient collaboration and leveraging partnerships for product growth.
- Familiarity with Protection Acquisition Processes and a transparent understanding of key assessment levels and compliance necessities.
- Related skilled certifications that underscore a dedication to steady studying and utility of business greatest practices.
- Buyer-facing expertise with a confirmed capability to guide high-profile applications and navigate complicated shopper relationships with confidence and authority.
US Wage Vary
$191,000 – $253,000 USD
The wage vary for this position is an estimate based mostly on a variety of compensation components, inclusive of base wage solely. Precise wage supply could range based mostly on (however not restricted to) work expertise, schooling and/or coaching, vital abilities, and/or enterprise issues. Extremely aggressive fairness grants are included within the majority of full time presents; and are thought-about a part of Anduril’s whole compensation package deal. Moreover, Anduril presents top-tier advantages for full-time staff, together with:
Healthcare Advantages
- US Roles: Complete medical, dental, and imaginative and prescient plans at little to no value to you.
- UK & AUS Roles: We cowl full value of medical insurance coverage premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We provide an annual contribution towards your non-public medical insurance for you and your dependents.
Extra Advantages
- Revenue Safety: Anduril covers life and incapacity insurance coverage for all staff.
- Beneficiant break day: Extremely aggressive PTO plans with a vacation hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Go away is accessible to take care of relations, bond with a brand new child, or deal with your individual medical wants.
- Household Planning & Parenting Assist: Protection for fertility therapies (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, together with assets to help you and your accomplice from planning to parenting.
- Psychological Well being Sources: Entry free psychological well being assets 24/7, together with remedy and life teaching. Extra work-life companies, similar to authorized and monetary help, are additionally obtainable.
- Skilled Growth: Annual reimbursement for skilled growth
- Commuter Advantages: Firm-funded commuter advantages based mostly in your area.
- Relocation Help: Out there relying on position eligibility.
Retirement Financial savings Plan
- US Roles: Conventional 401(ok), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) choices.
- UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.
The recruiter assigned to this position can share extra details about the particular compensation and profit particulars related to this position through the hiring course of.
To view Anduril’s candidate knowledge privateness coverage, please go to https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
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