Anduril
Air Vehicle Lead, Air Maneuver Dominance
$191K–$254K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 8 years in technical leadership roles.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related technical discipline.
About the job
Lead development and integration of a complex autonomous rotorcraft platform, coordinating engineering disciplines from design and analysis through testing and production.
What you'll do
- Lead air-vehicle design, configuration, trade studies, analysis, and design reviews.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams, vendors, hardware test plans, and customer demonstrations.
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 8 years in technical leadership roles and leadership experience managing engineering teams and project execution in aerospace or defense.
- Deep experience developing VTOL platforms; broad exposure to aircraft concepts, design layouts, stability, control architectures, and propulsion.
- Hands-on experience developing and deploying autonomous systems, particularly rotorcraft or large UAS; eligible to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Direct experience developing and integrating autonomous rotorcraft or larger UAS.
- Familiarity with Defense Acquisition Processes and review stages.
Pay
$191,000 — $254,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
JIRA, Confluence, Agile, Waterfall
AI focus
Integrate mission autonomy into an advanced air vehicle and develop and deploy autonomous systems, particularly rotorcraft or large UAS.
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