- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jul 27, 2026
- Salary
- $146,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Engineer
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 Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
At Anduril, we are developing fully…
Job responsibilities
- Support the full product lifecycle of designing, prototyping, manufacturing, integrating, testing, and delivering integrated electromechanical systems
- Navigate a dynamic solutions trade space that incorporates external constraints, evolving requirements, timeline considerations, and quality in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary integrated product team, providing a new perspective to teammates of various backgrounds and experiences
- Critically assess mechanical solutions for their value to the end user, cost and ease to manufacture, time to deliver, reliability, reusability across various product lines, and iterability
- Interact with end-users to deeply understand their needs and incorporate feedback into your technical solutions
- Travel to co-locate with end users, visit vendors, or support integration and test activities at test sites
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of professional experience working as a Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineer on multiple different technologies
- Capacity to work holistically on complex robotic systems across design, implementation, operation and sustainment
- Capacity to act as the technical contributor for a complex subsystem, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
- Capacity learn and grow individually, building team cohesion and capacity
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Experience with the design, implementation and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems