- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Mar 25, 2026
- Salary
- $191,000–$253,000 a year
Full-time
Staff Payload Integration Engineer, Omen
Job description
The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains. Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract, with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development of future systems.
Job requirements
- BS or higher in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline
- 12+ years of experience in mechanical design and integration, with meaningful time spent on structural mounting, mechanisms, or payload/subsystem integration on aerospace or defense platforms
- Strong understanding of load paths, structural joints, and fastened connections in mixed composite and metallic assemblies
- Proficiency in CAD software (NX preferred; SolidWorks or equivalent acceptable) for detailed part and assembly modeling
- Ability to perform structural sizing via hand calculations and classical methods (bolt analysis, lug analysis, bearing/bypass, joint allowables)
- Working knowledge of FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, or NASTRAN) sufficient to build and interpret local detail models for mounting hardware
- Hands-on experience with hardware integration, you have personally fit, shimmed, fastened, and troubleshot mechanical assemblies
- Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and interface control documentation