Anduril Industries
Mechanical Engineer, Drones
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineer to develop complex mechanical subsystems for tactical drone products, from concept through production. You'll own core components like optical gimbals, batteries, and structures while collaborating cross-functionally and balancing performance, manufacturability, and cost.
What you'll do
- Own mechanical subsystems for drone products through full development lifecycle
- Conduct trade studies, hand calculations, and FEA to develop and optimize designs
- Lead design reviews and prototype builds with iterative hardware testing
- Investigate root cause failures and support customer hardware demonstrations
- Balance operational requirements across subsystems while optimizing for speed, mass, and cost
- Travel to test sites and vendors as needed
What they're looking for
- CAD proficiency (any platform)
- Hands-on prototyping (machining, welding, soldering)
- FEA and structural analysis
- Engineering fundamentals (structures, fluids, thermal, mechanisms)
- Technical leadership and project management
- Hardware testing and failure analysis
- Engineering drawing standards
- Solidworks or NX (preferred)
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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 a mechanical subsystem you owned from concept to production—what were the key design trade-offs and how did you balance mass, cost, manufacturability, and performance?
- Describe your experience with FEA and hand calculations. Can you give an example of a design problem where analysis led you to change your approach?