- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- May 26, 2026
- Salary
- $191,000–$253,000 a year
Full-time
Mechanical Engineer, Lead
Job description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.
Job responsibilities
- Own complete integration and execution of complex products and product families from concept to full rate production
- Drive the work of technical teams through technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction
- Drive overall goals for product success through leadership and direction across disciplines
- Identify needs and gaps, then define best practices and standards and deploy those broadly across the organization
- Lead design reviews and drive buy-in from cross-disciplinary partners, serving as a trusted advisor
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, shaping project direction and ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Perform advanced hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs with engineering judgment appropriate to product maturity
- Build prototypes, define and execute hardware test plans, iterate on designs, and produce authoritative technical documentation summarizing results
Job requirements
- 7+ years of progressive mechanical/design experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership roles managing engineering teams
- Demonstrated wholistic ownership of challenging technical problems and multiple complete products or product families from concept through production
- Experience scaling and shipping complex products
- Expert CAD skills with exceptional quality suitable as templates and training materials
- Expertise in structures, thermal management, and mechanisms, with depth in electrical integration
- Proven ability to set the standard for technical work within a group
- Expert in standard manufacturing methods with capability to explore adjacent fields, including designing for manufacturability and scale
- Strong engineering judgment to right-size solutions based on product maturity