- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Mar 29, 2026
- Salary
- $146,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Loads Engineer, Omen
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.
Anduril is seeking a Senior Loads Engineer to join the Omen team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload,…
Job responsibilities
- Develop structural loads analysis for air vehicles and systems to ensure structural integrity under various flight and ground conditions
- Generate and maintain integrated dynamics FEMs for use in loads derivation, aeroelastic flutter and other analyses
- Conduct aeroelastic and aeroservoelastic studies to predict and verify aircraft behavior
- Conduct flutter analysis to inform vehicle design and ensure flight safety
- Generate flight loads data in accordance with MIL and FAR specifications, such as FAR 23, 25, JSSG-2006, and other relevant standards
- Collaborate with design engineers to develop structural optimization strategies based on loads analysis results
- Prepare detailed technical reports and present findings to internal teams, management, and external customers
- Develop and perform dynamics testing, including vibration testing, modal testing, GVT, etc.
Job requirements
- High-ownership and a bias toward action – if you see a problem, you want to fix it
- BS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures
- Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, materials science, finite element analysis and dynamic testing
- 8+ years of experience in a structures, loads or dynamics related role with high ownership and accountability for hardware outcomes
- Proficiency in the use of FEMAP/Nastran or similar
- Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision
- Very organized and willing to establish scope and requirements for ill-defined problems
- Passion for defending the United States and her allies