- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Apr 13, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$220,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Warhead Design Engineer
Job description
We are looking for a Warhead Design/Test Engineer in Costa Mesa, Ca. with experience designing advanced explosive ordnances and or advanced munitions systems.
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
- Design warheads and complex ordnance/munitions systems and transition them from prototype to production.
- Quickly create high fidelity prototype parts to assess effectiveness by testing on the range.
- Manage arena and system testing of munitions products from end-to-end, including project planning, design of experiments, and safety.
- Capture test video, compile data from ground and flight tests, and analyze results.
- Assemble/disassemble explosive test articles and precision targets.
Job requirements
- BS or higher degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
- 2- 5+ years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on mechanical design, analysis, and testing of naval ordnance/munitions systems.
- Experience creating complex mechanical designs using CAD tools such as SolidWorks or NX.
- Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination.
- Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%).
- Experience preparing engineering documentation (i.e. specifications, test procedures, technical reports, drawings, etc.).
- Passion for defending the United States and her allies.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance