- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jul 29, 2026
- Salary
- $253,000–$336,000 a year
Full-time
Chief Engineer
Job description
You will lead the technical development and integration as Chief Engineer for a maritime product, from initial concept through delivery. You will work closely with program leadership, teams from other Anduril products, and third party system vendors to develop these engineering solutions so that requirements are tied to customer inputs and there is traceability to program office technical decisions. Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform…
Job responsibilities
- Support early architecture definition and scoping for a new product, defining the technical approach, key requirements, and prototype design
- Support the build out of development timelines with associated milestones and staffing needs
- Work directly with the product team (Product Manager, EPM, Lead Systems Engineer) to ensure tactical development is executed on plan
- Accountable for technical decisions and developments on the AUV
- Perform initial system trades and studies on key functions, such as energy storage, vehicle control, volume and mass budget creation, and payload capacity
- Lead a new team within Anduril Maritime working on development and prototyping of a new platform; defining key performance parameters and requirements and supporting SRR, PDR, and CDR
- Work closely with functional leads to drive common approaches for technical development and process
- Responsible for root cause corrective action process as well as case-by-case execution and implementation. Have high ownership over the reliability and lifetime performance of the AUV product and family
Job requirements
- Deep understanding of ocean-going craft, systems engineering, product development, and overall engineering process
- Experience in a senior role leading maritime programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers
- Strong understanding of the "why" behind vehicle and systems design
- Experience working on mission-critical DoD systems
- Proven history of delivery when presented with open-ended problems, balancing technical analysis with test and validation to move rapidly through new production design
- Experience creating teams and focusing them around a common vision, leading by example and embodying high-ownership over the problem and the technical solution
- Bachelor's degree in Marine, Mechanical, Electrical or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field
- Willingness to Travel 25% to customer and test sites