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Anduril Industries

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Costa Mesa, California, United States
Salary
$146,000 - $194,000
Level
Senior

Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.

Open. First seen 19 October 2026.

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About the role

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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Design, test, and validation of Battery Management and Power Sub-Systems (BMS) for our autonomous vehicles.
  • Vehicle-level integrations and complete lifecycle design from concept through production, including requirements generation.
  • Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment.
  • Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
  • Build up and test of engine system components through lab, ground, and on-water tests
  • Root cause analysis in support of field operations

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
  • Strong background in harness design, EE requirements generation, circuit design, including components, and mixed-signals design.
  • Experience with sensor integration.
  • Design experience in USVs, automotives, power electronics, or sensor suite/perception systems.
  • Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces such as CAN, I2C, SPI, etc.
  • Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Performed environmental testing in previous positions for military, automotive, and/or commercial industry.
  • Previous experience working on BMS.
  • Experience in EMI testing.
  • Knowledge and test execution per MIL-STD-810 and/or MIL-STD-461

Per Anduril's expansion plans, we anticipate this job will be based out of Long Beach, CA beginning late 2027.

US Salary Range

$146,000—$194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams

Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

  • Please always verify communications:
  • Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
  • Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.

Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

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To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency.

Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

What this role asks for

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Altium

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Computer Vision

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33% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Anduril Industries's standard text, folded away below.

Compared with Anduril Industries's other open jobs.

The team: Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Mechanical Systems HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 17 open in Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Mechanical Systems. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Computer Vision (17 of 17), MATLAB (7 of 17), Python (7 of 17), Siemens NX (6 of 17), FEA (5 of 17), Altium (3 of 17), ANSYS (3 of 17)

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Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in Costa Mesa, California, United States, first posted 27 July 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

  • 19 October 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 27 July 2026 – open

Salary context

80 other open postings titled Senior Mechanical Engineer state a salary: median USD 134,500 to USD 184,000 a year.

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