Naval Architect

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Sydney, Australia · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Mechanical Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company developing unmanned systems with unsupervised autonomy. This Naval Architect role focuses on the mechanical design, simulation, and analysis of these vehicles, ensuring they meet maritime standards and integrate advanced capabilities throughout their lifecycle. The role requires expertise in structural analysis, FEM modeling, and collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver complex hardware capabilities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Creating detailed plans and specifications for new designs, or derivatives of the Anduril Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs).
  2. Simulation and analysis of vehicle structures, including global and local structural analysis, and modal/spectral response analysis.
  3. Mechanical design, prototype and build of complex structures and mechanisms.
  4. Ensure all designs meet internal and external maritime standards.
  5. Act as a subject matter expert for your areas of expertise as they relate to the delivery of Anduril technology capabilities, including areas such as part design, analysis, loads development, material selection, structural sizing, FEM analysis working with both metallic and composite materials.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
  • Professional experience working as a Mechanical Structural Analyst and/or Naval Architect with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise.
  • Extensive knowledge of analytical structural analysis methods for aluminium structures.
  • Professional experience developing Finite Element Method (FEM) models for the purposes of load development, part stress and strain evaluation, and modal analysis.
  • Capacity to work holistically on complex mechanical systems and structures across design, implementation, operation and sustainment.
  • Capacity to act as the technical owner for a complex structural components and assemblies, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution.
  • Capacity to learn and grow individually while being part of a dynamic team, building cohesion and capacity.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Nice to have

  • Composite structural knowledge looked upon favorably but not essential.
  • Experience with the design, analysis, implementation, and support of naval structures, mechanical parts and assemblies.
  • Experience working within the maritime defence domains.
  • Experience with NX, FEMAP and Teamcenter or similar CAD, FEA and PLM systems.
  • 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

  • Professional experience working as a Mechanical Structural Analyst and/or Naval Architect with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise.
  • Extensive knowledge of analytical structural analysis methods for aluminium structures.
  • Professional experience developing Finite Element Method (FEM) models for the purposes of load development, part stress and strain evaluation, and modal analysis.
  • Capacity to work holistically on complex mechanical systems and structures across design, implementation, operation and sustainment.
  • Capacity to act as the technical owner for a complex structural components and assemblies, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution.