Senior Development Test Engineer

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Teamwork","Analytical thinking","Communication"]

Senior Development Test Engineer responsible for hardware testing across drones, missiles, and spaceflight hardware. Leads test campaigns, develops procedures, automates test operations, and collaborates with design engineers to diagnose system anomalies, while maintaining high safety standards. Role entails executing structural, dynamic, and environmental tests, and guiding technicians in fabrication and integration of test articles within a fast-growing hardware engineering team in Costa Mesa, CA.

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Anduril
Anduril
1 year ago

Senior Development Test Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Development Test Engineer responsible for hardware testing across drones, missiles, and spaceflight hardware. Leads test campaigns, develops procedures, automates test operations, and collaborates with design engineers to diagnose system anomalies, while maintaining high safety standards. Role entails executing structural, dynamic, and environmental tests, and guiding technicians in fabrication and integration of test articles within a fast-growing hardware engineering team in Costa Mesa, CA.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Execute structural, dynamic, and environmental testing on drones, missiles and spaceflight hardware.
  • •Lead test campaigns including test plan creation, system activation, test operations, data review, and equipment design/fabrication.
  • •Generate work instructions to direct and instruct technicians in the fabrication and integration of test articles and equipment.
  • •Operate and troubleshoot data acquisition and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation, as well as thermal chambers, electrodynamics shakers, and fluid power systems.
  • •Automate repetitive test operations to improve efficiency and safety

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRetirementCommuter BenefitsRelocationPensionEquity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional experience in a related engineering field
  • •Experience in an immersive interdisciplinary technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • •Experience in hardware automation and software-hardware communication/integration
  • •High competence with, and fluid use of engineering first principles
  • •BS, MS or PhD in an engineering discipline
Experience:5+ yearsDefenseAerospaceHardware testingEmbedded systems
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingTeamworkAnalytical thinkingCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonMatlabSiemens NXTeamcenterAccelerometersLoad cellsThermocouplesPressure transducersRTDsData acquisition

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Must be eligible to obtain / maintain US Security Clearance.

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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