- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Salary
- $150,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Anduril Expeditionary Systems
Job description
Connected Warfare is the team at Anduril dedicated to the modernization of the command and control systems of U.S. and Allied forces. New technologies and new adversaries demand a new approach to battlefield intelligence, and you will be the driving force behind the integration of cutting-edge edge compute and communications technologies that make that approach a reality. Within Connected Warfare, the Anduril Expeditionary Systems (AES) team builds large form factor products that ensure our soldiers on the front lines have access to these computing and communications capabilities that they need to succeed and survive in any environment.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company…
Job responsibilities
- Own hardware from concept generation to real world use
- Serve as a key part of tight-knit product team
- Work with customers to understand real battlefield challenges
- Design novel hardware for those mission sets - from the ground up
- Use engineering first-principles, analysis, and testing to ensure your designs will survive battlefield conditions
- Get hands-on to build prototypes and first articles
- Travel to exercises and work alongside warfighters to support and collect feedback on our products
- Iterate on your designs and work with our manufacturing team to build and deliver them at scale
Job requirements
- Demonstrated ability to design, prototype, and ship hardware
- Past record of design ownership in a team setting (professional or otherwise)
- High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
- 8+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience
- CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings
- Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills
- BS, M.Eng, MS or PhD in an engineering field
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities