Senior Development Fabrication Technician

The role

You will take prototype hardware from drawing to finished assembly. You will plan builds, weld and machine hardware, design fixtures, and work with engineers to resolve design challenges.

What you will do

• Own prototype builds from start to finish.
• Determine build sequence, fabrication approach, tooling, and material preparation.
• Fabricate assemblies using layout, fitting, welding, cutting, drilling, grinding, forming, sawing, and conventional machining.
• Build complex weldments across steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other alloys.
• Design and build weld fixtures and tooling.
• Identify fit-up, tolerance, and manufacturability problems.
• Work with design engineers to resolve unclear drawings and design challenges.
• Perform dimensional and visual inspection of completed hardware.
• Execute R&D fabrication work with limited oversight.
• Maintain a safe, organized work environment following Anduril and OSHA requirements.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on fabrication, welding, or related metalworking experience.
• Advanced experience with GMAW/MIG, FCAW, and GTAW/TIG welding processes.
• Demonstrated experience fabricating steel, stainless steel, and aluminum assemblies.
• Strong sheet-metal fabrication skills including cutting, forming, and fitting.
• Ability to independently read and interpret complex engineering drawings, including GD&T, weld symbols, dimensions, and tolerances.
• Experience planning and executing fabrication work from raw material through completed assembly.
• Working proficiency with conventional shop equipment, including manual mills and lathes.
• Ability to hold approximately ±0.005-inch tolerances.
• Strong practical understanding of fit-up, weld sequencing, distortion control, fixturing, and fabrication tolerances.
• Ability to recognize when a design or fabrication approach will not work.
• Strong shop math, mechanical reasoning, and hands-on problem-solving ability.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice to have

• Experience working in aerospace, defense, automotive, motorsports, experimental vehicles, or other high-performance prototype environments.
• Experience designing and fabricating complex weld fixtures.
• Demonstrated ability to hold tight tolerances on large fabricated assemblies and weldments.
• Familiarity with CAD tools such as NX or SolidWorks.
• Experience working directly with design engineers during prototype development.
• Working knowledge of aerospace or defense welding standards such as AWS D17.1, AWS D1.1, or NAVSEA requirements.
• Experience mentoring junior fabricators or helping establish shop fabrication standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
• 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.