Senior Mechanical Engineer, Rocket Motor Systems

The role

You will lead a team to conduct mechanical design and analysis of solid rocket motor components. This includes motor cases, nozzles, propellant grains, igniters, and ignition safety components.

What you will do

• Lead a team to perform CAD design activities and finite element analysis.
• Develop and implement the mechanical solution architecture working with a Chief Engineer.
• Plan the team's tasks and deliverables to achieve project milestones.
• Maintain accountability for the team's schedule execution and quality of deliverables.
• Ensure functional design reviews are carried out.
• Identify technical risks and create mitigation plans.
• Generate, review, and release product definition packages.
• Create reports and presentations documenting analysis.
• Present to peers and customers in design reviews.
• Support prototyping, manufacturing, and test operations onsite.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years' experience performing mechanical design and analysis.
• A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or similar.
• Prior experience operating CAD software and/or FEA software.
• A solid understanding of hardware manufacturability and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to travel to other Anduril sites, customer sites, or supplier sites as business demand dictates.
• Ability to obtain and hold a Secret Security Clearance.

Nice to have

• Exhibits strong initiative and ownership of tasks.
• Experience with NX CAD software and/or Abaqus FEA software.
• Certification in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Expertise in engineering tool development in Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, and/or Python.
• Experience with propulsion systems.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and hold a Secret Security Clearance.
• Consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The Rocket Motor Systems team aims to build next generation solid rocket motors.