Mechanical Engineer, Maritime

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineer role at Anduril, a defense technology company, focusing on the full product lifecycle of designing, prototyping, manufacturing, integrating, testing, and delivering electromechanical systems for autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles. The role involves navigating complex trade-offs, contributing to multi-disciplinary teams, and interacting with end-users to understand their needs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the full product lifecycle of designing, prototyping, manufacturing, integrating, testing, and delivering integrated electromechanical systems
  2. Navigate a dynamic solutions trade space that incorporates external constraints, evolving requirements, timeline considerations, and quality in a multi-stakeholder environment
  3. Contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary integrated product team, providing a new perspective to teammates of various backgrounds and experiences
  4. 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
  5. Interact with end-users to deeply understand their needs and incorporate feedback into your technical solutions

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or equivalent experience
  • 4-8 years of professional experience working as a Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineer
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Experience with the design, implementation and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems
  • Experience working within the defense, maritime and/or aerospace domains
  • Experience with Siemens NX, Nastran, and FEMAP
  • Experience with finite element analysis of complex structural assemblies, including aluminum and composite structures
  • Experience with machining, sheet metal, injection molding, composites and/or additive manufacturing
  • Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment

What the JD emphasized

  • full product lifecycle
  • designing, prototyping, manufacturing, integrating, testing, and delivering