Chief Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CALong Beach, CA
Salary
$253,000–$336,000 / yr
Posted
68 days ago
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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 901 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 858 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Chief Engineer

JOB TITLE: Chief Engineer, Fury Advanced Concepts The Chief Engineer, Fury Advanced Concepts joins the Fury Program to lead the technical development of new capabilities for diverse customers. This role involves owning the entire design process, from white paper sketches and conceptual designs to detailed design, prototyping, and flight testing for alternative aircraft configurations. The successful candidate will establish technical roadmaps, manage scope, cost, and schedules while building a technical and programmatic team. Key responsibilities include performing trade studies, establishing requirements, and conducting operational analysis to determine system effectiveness. The role requires expertise in first principles aircraft design, system safety, and test methodology. Candidates must possess an engineering degree and experience in aircraft system design, prototype testing, and leading customer-facing technical discussions to deliver new capabilities for the Group 5 platform.

What you'll do

  • Own the technical development process from conceptual design and white paper sketches to detailed design and flight testing.
  • Identify technical development roadmaps including scope, cost, and schedule for prototyping and manufacturing new aircraft variants.
  • Lead customer interactions to develop product vision, employment CONOPs, and engineering activities for new capabilities.
  • Establish program plans, requirements, and design review criteria while driving operational analysis to determine system effectiveness.
  • Coordinate and execute design-level trades with various functional engineering teams and external suppliers.
  • Incorporate expert knowledge of first-principles aircraft design, system safety, and test methodology across the team.
  • Develop budgetary estimates, schedules, and staffing plans to recruit and integrate top talent into the program.
  • Communicate technical solutions and progress to executive leadership and customers through white papers and presentations.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Software Engineering from an accredited institution.
  • 10+ years of technical engineering experience in a professional environment.
  • Proven experience developing and executing detailed action strategies.
  • Experience managing technical development projects or programs.
  • Experience building and leading technical teams.
  • Experience with aircraft system design, prototype, and test.
  • Experience supporting or leading customer-facing technical discussions.
  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.
  • Experience with unmanned aircraft system design, prototype, and test (preferred).
  • Experience integrating foreign vendor engineering and manufacturing teams, subsystems, and other products (preferred).
  • Experience managing USG programs (preferred).
  • Active DoD TS clearance (preferred).

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