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Senior Warhead Design Engineer - Lethality Team

andurilindustriesCosta Mesa, CA

💰 $166,000 – $220,000/yrFull-timeelectricianhandyman

Quick Summary

Senior Warhead Design Engineer supporting the Lethality Team to design, test, and transition advanced warhead and munitions systems from prototype to production.

Skills & Keywords

warhead designmunitions systemsmechanical designtest engineering

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Design warheads and complex ordnance / munitions systems and help transition them from prototype to production.
Create high-fidelity prototype parts and assemblies to assess performance through testing.
Support arena, ground, flight, and system-level testing of munitions products.
Contribute to project planning, test planning, design-of-experiments, safety coordination, and execution.
Capture test video, compile data, review test outputs, and analyze results to inform design decisions.
Develop mechanical designs, drawings, specifications, test procedures, technical reports, and supporting engineering documentation.
Partner with analysis, test, safety, manufacturing, vehicle integration, and operations teams to solve complex engineering problems.
Work with vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors supporting critical design, prototype, test, or production efforts.
Support the assembly and disassembly of explosive test articles and precision targets.
Apply strong mechanical engineering fundamentals to systems where performance, reliability, manufacturability, and safety all matter.
Operate in a fast-paced environment where engineers are expected to learn quickly, take ownership, and execute with urgency.
In this role, you will help: Design and mature advanced warhead, ordnance, and munitions systems. Translate mission requirements into practical engineering solutions. Move rapidly from concept to prototype to test-informed design iteration. Support live testing, data capture, analysis, and performance validation. Partner across mechanical engineering, test, safety, manufacturing, operations, analysis, suppliers, and product teams. Help transition complex explosive systems from development into production. Strengthen Anduril’s ability to deliver advanced effects capabilities across multiple platforms.
Design and mature advanced warhead, ordnance, and munitions systems.
Translate mission requirements into practical engineering solutions.
Move rapidly from concept to prototype to test-informed design iteration.
Support live testing, data capture, analysis, and performance validation.
Partner across mechanical engineering, test, safety, manufacturing, operations, analysis, suppliers, and product teams.
Help transition complex explosive systems from development into production.
Strengthen Anduril’s ability to deliver advanced effects capabilities across multiple platforms.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

BS or higher degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
2- 5+ years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on mechanical design, analysis, and testing of naval ordnance/munitions systems.
Experience creating complex mechanical designs using CAD tools such as SolidWorks or NX.
Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination.
Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%).
Experience preparing engineering documentation (i.e. specifications, test procedures, technical reports, drawings, etc.).
Passion for defending the United States and her allies.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q)
Expert level experience creating complex mechanical designs specific ordnance/munitions.
Experience with munitions testing.
Prior experience in explosive operations and/or handling munitions.
Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards.
Experience designing and scaling production of mechanical components at volume.
Experience developing or testing complex electrical or mechatronics systems.
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Compensation & Benefits

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ABOUT THE JOB

We are building a hiring Warhead Design Engineers to support multiple roles across Anduril’s Lethality Team. Depending on background and team fit, candidates may support workstreams focused on warhead design, mechanical design and integration, modeling and simulation, test engineering, systems safety, or prototype-to-production execution.

This role is a strong fit for engineers who want to work on technically demanding systems where mechanical design, test data, explosive effects, safety, manufacturability, and mission outcomes all matter. The work is hands-on, fast-moving, and highly cross-functional.

The strongest candidates may come from backgrounds in warhead design, ordnance, munitions, explosives, energetics, aerospace, mechanical design, modeling and simulation, test engineering, defense systems, or high-reliability hardware development.

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