- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Dec 22, 2025
- Salary
- $146,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Drones
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 complex mechanical subsystems for Anduril's drone products from concept to full rate production
- Gather requirements and work through trade studies to determine the best solution
- Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
- Lead design reviews and obtain buy-in from other cross-disciplinary partners
- Build prototypes, define and execute hardware test plans, iterate on designs, summarize results and lessons learned
- Perform root cause investigations for hardware failures in development and production
- Balance operational needs across vehicle subsystems while optimizing for development speed, mass, manufacturability, and cost
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
Job requirements
- 8+ years of mechanical/design experience in a relevant capacity
- Demonstrated ownership of a product from concept through production
- Advanced CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet industry standards
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals in structures, fluids, thermal, and mechanisms
- Advanced proficiency in hands-on prototyping (machining, shop tools, welding, soldering)
- Ability to summarize technical content in a cohesive way to help inform and shape future requirements
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- Experience in Solidworks or NX, and PLM systems