Anduril Industries
Air Vehicle Systems Engineer, Hardware Verification, Integration & Validation
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a Hardware Verification & Validation Systems Engineer to lead qualification testing and verification activities for Group 5 autonomous aircraft throughout the product lifecycle. The role involves planning and executing environmental and compliance testing, managing requirements traceability, and ensuring hardware meets system-level requirements before fielding.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute hardware verification activities including design verification testing (DVT), environmental qualification, and production acceptance testing
- Develop verification cross-reference matrices (VCRMs), test plans, and evidence packages aligned with the Systems Engineering Management Plan
- Manage requirements traceability from system-level requirements through component-level verification evidence
- Conduct or witness environmental testing at qualification labs (vibration, thermal, altitude, EMI/EMC, etc.) per MIL-STD specifications
- Evaluate qualification test reports, certificates of conformance, and supplier technical data for compliance
- Apply Qualification by Similarity (QBS) methodology to assess COTS/MOTS hardware and identify verification gaps
What they're looking for
- MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-464 environmental and electromagnetic standards
- Hardware environmental qualification testing and test lab coordination
- Requirements management tools (Jama, DOORS, Polarion)
- Systems engineering V-model and verification methodology
- DO-160 avionics environmental standards
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for compliance matrices and technical documentation
- Qualification by Similarity (QBS) assessments
- Requirements traceability and verification planning
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with MIL-STD-810 environmental testing. Which test methods have you directly supported, and how did you determine pass/fail criteria?
- Describe a time you developed a Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM) for hardware qualification. How did you trace system-level requirements down to component-level verification evidence?