- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- ChantillyVirginiaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 11, 2026
- Salary
- $129,000–$171,000 a year
Full-time
Design Engineer, Space Special Programs
Job description
In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
Anduril is seeking Design Engineers to join the Space Special Programs team…
Job responsibilities
- Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
- Create solutions (with analysis, design, and experimentation) to blue-sky engineering problems and targeted mission needs alike
- Design, analyze, implement, and test complex electro-mechanical systems
- Maintain High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
- Participate in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch-site and on-orbit operations campaigns
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
- Mentor engineers and help them learn the art of small spacecraft design and test – teach them your mistakes so they won’t need to repeat them
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
Job requirements
- Experience in an immersive technical project (professional settings)
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- 2-8 years of mechanical and mechanism design experience in a professional setting,
- Experience designing systems for spacecraft and associated space systems
- Experience in ground-up system design and any 3-D CAD
- Hands-on assembly, prototyping, testing, and performance characterization of mechanisms designed for 0g but in a 1g environment.
- Experience designing and building very small mechanisms, components, and systems.
- Familiarity with launch environments, testing for launch environments, range safety, and system integration efforts