Anduril
Air Vehicle Lead, Missiles
$175K–$205K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of aerospace experience in a professional setting.
- Education
- Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads mechanical development of autonomous missile air vehicles from concept through design, fabrication, flight test, and production transition.
What you'll do
- Lead vehicle design, system architecture, prototyping, fabrication, flight testing, and production transition.
- Shape requirements, manage design reviews and test plans, and work with customers and vendors.
- Provide hands-on technical contributions and lead a multidisciplinary team of 10 to 25 engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of aerospace experience in a professional setting.
- Must possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Experience developing air vehicle conceptual designs through flying and deployable systems; managing complex vehicle CAD designs; and using aircraft sizing tools.
Nice to have
- Master's in aerospace, mechanical engineering or related field.
- Working knowledge of NX/Teamcenter; experience with air-launched or expendable systems, rocket motors, fabrication, low-observable design, or OML loft modeling.
Pay
$175,000 — $205,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CAD, NX/Teamcenter
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