Anduril
Explosives System Safety Engineer
$129K–$171K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Mar 17, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in design, safety, certification, and systems engineering of ordnance systems.
- Education
- BS or higher in mechanical, systems, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
About the job
Drives safety certification for munitions, warheads, and fuzing systems, preparing safety cases and documentation and guiding programs through DoD review boards.
What you'll do
- Lead munitions, warhead, and fuzing certification through DoD safety review boards; prepare and present safety documentation.
- Coordinate safety and certification work across engineering, program management, operations, customers, and vendors; plan testing and review milestones.
- Manage safety-related requirements, change control, traceability, reliability matrices, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
What they ask for
- BS or higher in mechanical, systems, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
- Warhead/fuze review board experience and munitions system certification or qualification experience.
- Deep working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1316, and MIL-STD-1901.
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance; able to travel for testing and customer meetings (surges up to 25%).
Nice to have
- Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret, Top Secret, or DOE L/Q).
- Prior experience qualifying ordnance/munitions through multiple branches of the DoW; established relationships with DoW System Safety qualification boards.
Pay
$129,000 — $171,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-1901
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