Senior Mechanical Engineer

The role

This person will architect, design, deliver, support, and evolve next generation capabilities for unmanned systems. They will create detailed mechanical designs, prototypes, and simulations for the Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) program.

What you will do

• Creating detailed plans and specifications for new designs or derivatives of XL-AUVs.
• Creating detailed mechanical designs, prototypes and build of complex structures and mechanisms.
• Simulation and analysis of mechanical designs including modal/spectral response analysis.
• Ensure all designs meet internal and external maritime standards.
• Act as a subject matter expert for part design, analysis and material selection.
• Inspecting parts, sub-systems and vehicles to meet design specifications and regulations.
• Design and implement integrated systems including advanced platforms and payloads.
• Contribute to the design and development of re-usable technology components.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and execution of development processes.
• Support vehicle and payload manufacturing, testing and deployment.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, Naval Architecture, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience working as a Mechanical Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise.
• 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.
• Capacity to learn and grow individually while being part of a dynamic team.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with the design, analysis, testing, implementation and support of mechanical parts and assemblies.
• Experience working within the maritime defence domains or similar industry e.g. Aerospace or Automotive.
• Experience with NX, FEMAP and Teamcenter or similar CAD, FEA and PLM systems.
• Experience developing Finite Element Method (FEM) models for the purposes of part stress and strain evaluation, and modal analysis.
• Experience with welding, machining, sheet metal, injection molding, composites and/or additive manufacturing.
• Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.

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 maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.
• By submitting your application, you 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. Anduril Australia is developing unmanned systems for subsurface and other domains.