Explosives System Safety Engineer

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 113,000 - 149,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead and manage safety, certification, and testing for ordnance systems across multiple platforms, coordinating with review boards and cross-functional teams to ensure timely certification of munition, warhead, and fuze systems. Responsible for documentation packages, testing milestones, and government reviews, while engaging with stakeholders to maintain accuracy and compliance.

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Anduril
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4 months ago

Explosives System Safety Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead and manage safety, certification, and testing for ordnance systems across multiple platforms, coordinating with review boards and cross-functional teams to ensure timely certification of munition, warhead, and fuze systems. Responsible for documentation packages, testing milestones, and government reviews, while engaging with stakeholders to maintain accuracy and compliance.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead Anduril’s efforts to achieve munition, warhead, and fuze certification by chaperoning programs through the relevant review entities (WSERB, FISTRP, SSSTRP) and creating positive and enduring relationships with the review entities.
  • •Create, review, manage, and present critical documentation packages internally and to customers and fuze/safety boards.
  • •Engage with technical and business line teams and individuals to ensure safety/certification information is accurate and thorough.
  • •Plan and document testing, analysis, and review milestones to ensure we are taking a proactive approach and minimizing the timeline to go through the review process.
  • •Flow down similar guidance and manage as needed key vendors (ESAD, warhead, etc.) where needed.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 113,000 - 149,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceRetirementLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceCommuter BenefitsRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •BS or higher degree in mechanical, systems, aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
  • •5+ years design, safety, certification, and systems engineering of an ordnance system.
  • •Warhead/fuze review board experience.
  • •Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills; proven ability to gather requirements and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, product management, and customer support.
  • •Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q).
Experience:5+ yearsDefenseAerospaceMunitionsOrdnance
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MIL-STD-882EMIL-STD-1316MIL-STD-1901Lattice OS

Eligibility

Security Clearance:SecretTop-SecretLQ

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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