Hardware Engineer - Design Criteria and Standards

Company: Anduril Industries
Location: Costa Mesa
Posted on: January 19, 2023

Job Description:

Hardware Engineer - Design Criteria and Standards Anduril - Hardware - Mechanical Engineering / Anduril is a defense technology company, bringing Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make better, more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. We've assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis that are creating software and hardware solutions to radically evolve the capabilities of the United States and our allies. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact, come join Anduril and build the future of defense! - WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build an industry-leading set of design standards that enable best practices across all Anduril hardware products (land, air, space, and sea) giving exposure to unique and interesting aspects of the engineering process
• Leverage first principles analysis, design/prototyping, and comprehensive experiments to inform these efforts. Leverage in-house and out-of-house capability to ensure tests occur on an aggressive schedule
• Develop tools/references that enable and force-multiply the efforts of the whole engineering organization
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to distill their knowledge into targeted guidelines and tools relevant to all Anduril products
• Refine and present disparate documentation (industry specifications, recommendations, references, lessons learned) into one cohesive single-source-of-truth
• Lead education efforts with new hires, discussions/brainstorms with responsible engineers, and participate in design reviews. Win people over with knowledge and data to create a shared understanding of our internal best practices, where they come from, and why they are important
• Implement reviews where needed to ensure high standards of excellence and engineering rigor
• Constantly evolve these standards and tools with an aggressive forward-looking mentality. Roll in new technology trends, address new challenges, etc.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's or higher degree in engineering or a hard science
  • A natural propensity to organize information, get to the bottom of sticky issues, find the very best solution to challenges, make processes better over time, and artfully document information
  • A deep proficiency (professionally and as a hobby) in mechanical or electrical design, structural or thermal or aero/hydro analysis, opto-mechanical design, or other practical/applied engineering field. NOTE: It is expected that you'll naturally get pulled into your depth as time allows around the duties of the design criteria role
  • Ability to produce elegantly simple and concise engineering documentation
  • 4+ years of experience working in a high performing engineering organization
  • Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision. An inherent desire to work closely with others
  • Very organized and willing to establish scope and requirements for ill-defined problems
  • Passion for defending the United States and her alliesPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
    • Experience developing code in higher level languages (e.g. Python, MATLAB, C++) for developing analytical models and data acquisition and automation As an employee at a growing startup you will be given broad leeway to solve problems with the resources needed to win! Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we'd love to hear from you!

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