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By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.\nABOUT THE TEAM\nThe Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on new air vehicle development programs, and making large groups of autonomous systems work effectively together. Within the Maneuver Dominance team, we are growing an early-stage, undisclosed autonomous air vehicle (AAV) program at our Costa Mesa HQ. This team is chartered with re-inventing an existing platform through heavy modification and integration of advanced autonomy, mission systems, and payloads.\nOn this team, you will be tackling novel challenges across airframe, structures, avionics, and software from day one. As part of this program, you'll work alongside a tight-knit group of mechanical, structural, electrical, and software engineers, together with Program Leads and the Chief Engineer, all embedded in a single team driving toward major milestones.\nYou will work in a lean, high-ownership culture where the entire vehicle team sits side-by-side, iterating quickly and making decisions in real time. Given the early stage of the program, you will have influence over foundational architecture decisions and the opportunity to redefine an existing platform.\nABOUT THE JOB\nIn this role, you will own the mechanical development of the Support System for a vertical-lift autonomous aircraft: the ground support equipment (GSE), handling and transport equipment, and servicing interfaces that allow the aircraft to be shipped, set up, maintained and recovered in the field. You will start from the existing platform's equipment and provisions, adapt what fits and design new hardware where Anduril's modifications or field use demand it, taking it from concept through detailed CAD, rapid prototyping, test and production release. Your scope spans ground handling and lifting equipment, containerized transport and tie-down, maintenance stands and access equipment, fueling and servicing interfaces, and component and payload handling devices. We operate in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly architect the physical product and move at the speed required to field new and adapted equipment within months, not years.\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\nArchitect, model and build Support Systems and GSE, driving hardware from concept down-selection through CAD, physical prototyping and fielded customer demonstrations.\nDesign the aircraft's transport configuration and equipment: cradles, transport skids, lifting and tie-down provisions, and container load-outs, validated against the container envelope with CAD and full-scale fit checks.\nRapidly build full-scale mock-ups and functional prototypes to de-risk handling, loading and servicing concepts before committing to flight hardware.\nDesign and run lean, right-sized test plans for new mechanisms and equipment, and feed the results straight back into CAD and hardware revisions.\nDesign rugged equipment for austere field and expeditionary use, including shipment by road, sea and air, with field survivability, reliability and human factors (team lift, reach, gloved operation) designed in.\nDesign out physical hazards at the component level using MIL-STD-882E principles, with built-in mechanical safeguards and clear handling and servicing procedures.\nWork with the vehicle, payload and mission systems teams to adapt the existing platform's lifting, jacking, handling, payload, and servicing provisions to the modified aircraft.\nRelease GSE into production: drawings, BOMs, part numbers and kits; make build-versus-buy and commercial-equipment selection calls; and support vendors and the shop through fabrication.\nWrite and maintain the technical content for ground handling, transport and GSE procedures in the maintenance and support documentation.\nKeep configuration control across fast-moving prototype builds, test fixtures, mock-ups and field-trial assets.\nTravel to test and field sites to support build, test and deployment.\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nBS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related technical discipline.\n3+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience owning the design, analysis, build and functional test of complex physical hardware or mechanisms.\nStrong foundation in first-principles mechanical design, structural packaging, material selection (metals, composites, hardware) and 3D CAD modeling.\nExperience producing drawings and release documentation (GD&T, BOMs) and working with machine shops and vendors.\nFamiliarity with system safety practices, hazard assessments and risk mitigation (e.g., MIL-STD-882E or equivalent industrial standards).\nHands-on mechanical aptitude, an iterative prototype-to-learn mindset and a strong bias for action.\nEligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nDirect experience developing aircraft GSE, lifting and handling equipment, or transport and packaging solutions for aerospace or defense systems, ideally for rotorcraft.\nWorking knowledge of lifting, tie-down and transportability standards (e.g., MIL-STD-209, MIL-STD-1366, MIL-STD-1791) or ISO container shipping practice.\nField experience supporting flight line operations, field maintenance or tactical deployments.\nFamiliarity with aircraft fueling and servicing systems, or with the handling and shipping rules for lithium batteries and other dangerous goods.\nExperience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.\nHands-on fabrication, machining or aircraft mechanic experience (A&P license or military maintenance MOS/AFSC).\nPrior military service or a defense background with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).\nUS Salary Range\n$132,000—$175,000 USD\nThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: \nBenefits\nAt Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.\nProtecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams\nAnduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.\nTo ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:\nNo Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.\n\nPlease always verify communications:Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.\nVia Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to . \n\nExercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.\n\nWhat to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to . Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.\n\nData Privacy\nTo view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/. \nBy submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. 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