Anduril
Senior Sustainment Engineer - (FMECA, LORA, IPS)
$132K–$198K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Santa Ana, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in sustainment engineering, logistics engineering, or ILS roles within defense or aerospace.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace) or Computer Science/Information Systems (preferred).
About the job
Architects and builds an integrated sustainment engineering toolchain and authoritative logistics data environment, automating analysis and connecting field data with maintenance and support planning.
What you'll do
- Design the ILS/IPS toolchain and unified Logistics Product Data environment, including workflows for analysis and contractual deliverables.
- Build AI and automation capabilities and integrations that propagate design and BOM changes through sustainment artifacts.
- Lead migration from legacy tools, support PLM/ERP governance, and refine sustainment planning using operational data.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in sustainment engineering, logistics engineering, or ILS roles in defense or aerospace.
- Hands-on Logistics Support Analysis experience, including building FMECA, RCM, LORA, maintenance task analysis, or provisioning data.
- Experience managing Logistics Product Data under S-Series ILS and GEIA-STD-0007, using logistics information systems or equivalents.
- Python or scripting proficiency; systems-level data architecture skills; PLM experience and understanding of ERP and configuration management; eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance; able to travel.
Nice to have
- Experience with DoD 5000 series acquisition, CDRL management, or contractual deliverable compliance.
- Familiarity with S1000D technical publications and IETM authoring tools, readiness-based sparing, supply-chain data modeling, or provisioning workflows.
Pay
$132,000 — $198,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, S-Series ILS, S1000D, S3000L, GEIA-STD-0007, PowerLog-J, COMPASS, Teamcenter
AI focus
Identify and build AI and automation capabilities to accelerate sustainment analysis; preferred candidates have experimented with, prototyped, or deployed AI-assisted analysis tools.
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