Staff Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data

Anduril
United States
Full timeUSD 166,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-team collaboration","Technical writing","Bias for action","Systems thinking","Independent execution"]

Own the methodology and governance for generating trusted, analysis-ready design allowables across the portfolio. Build and scale a materials data pipeline that ingests, structures, governs, and releases materials data into an enterprise database, turning characterization and qualification results into a strategic, repeatable workflow. Establish fatigue and fracture-critical standards, extract value from lifecycle supplier data, and serve as the cross-business-line technical authority driving adoption and capability building.

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Staff Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data

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Job Summary

Own the methodology and governance for generating trusted, analysis-ready design allowables across the portfolio. Build and scale a materials data pipeline that ingests, structures, governs, and releases materials data into an enterprise database, turning characterization and qualification results into a strategic, repeatable workflow. Establish fatigue and fracture-critical standards, extract value from lifecycle supplier data, and serve as the cross-business-line technical authority driving adoption and capability building.
Location: United States
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the design allowables standard, including statistical basis, acceptance/inclusion criteria, traceability, versioning, and controlled release.
  • •Architect and stand up a materials data pipeline to ingest, structure, govern, and release materials data into the enterprise materials database.
  • •Transform materials characterization and test data management into a defined strategic workflow for trusted allowables.
  • •Establish fatigue and fracture-critical methodology, including damage tolerance qualification paths for fracture-critical applications.
  • •Serve as cross-business-line technical authority for materials allowables and data, partnering with design, analysis, test, and quality to drive adoption.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, or a related field.
  • •8+ years of materials and process engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or a comparably rigorous domain.
  • •Deep expertise in materials characterization and design allowables development, including statistical basis (e.g., MMPDS / CMH-17-style methods).
  • •Demonstrated experience turning test data into governed, analysis-ready datasets with data structure, statistics, and traceability.
  • •Experience with material qualification and characterization (mechanical testing) and translating results into usable design values.
Experience:8+ yearsAerospaceDefense
Education:Bachelor's in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy
Skills:Cross-team collaborationTechnical writingBias for actionSystems thinkingIndependent execution
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MMPDSCMH-17-style methods

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

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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