Airworthiness Engineer, Magnum

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Senior Airworthiness Engineer to join the Group 4 & 5 Maneuver Dominance team at its Costa Mesa headquarters. The role supports airworthiness aspects of new aircraft development and production in a lean, high-ownership environment focused on rapidly delivering new designs. The engineer will develop and maintain airworthiness certification and conformance plans for Group 4 and 5 aircraft, including aircraft intended to fly in the continental United States and overseas. The position requires a pragmatic approach to airworthiness and systems safety that enables capability development while satisfying customer and regulatory objectives.

The engineer will work with customers, end users, and regulatory authorities to determine appropriate airworthiness frameworks and recognized standards, then build an overall strategy that informs design. The role develops documentation for regional regulatory processes and submissions, represents airworthiness in engineering reviews and governance boards, and evaluates and updates plans throughout the product lifecycle. Airworthiness activities are maintained in a digital environment connected to system requirements, schedules, flight-test planning, and risk assessments. The position also contributes to flight-test program scheduling and develops solutions to technical and execution challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an aviation-related engineering discipline.
• At least 8 years of airworthiness engineering experience.
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industries, specifically involving crewed aircraft, rotorcraft, Group 3-or-larger UAS, or weapon systems.
• Extensive knowledge of AC 23-1309-1E, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-516C airworthiness, AC-17-01, and other relevant safety standards.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with civil and military airworthiness authorities, including DoD, FAA, and/or EASA.
• Proven experience with civil and military airworthiness processes, including MIL-HDBK-516 series documents, throughout the lifecycle of a developmental aircraft to successful program completion.
• Familiarity with technical software packages such as Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a security clearance in the United States, United Kingdom, or Australia.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment and randomized substance screening as required by the company.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an aviation-related technical discipline.
• At least 15 years of airworthiness engineering experience.
• Systems engineering and airworthiness experience with large UAS airworthiness authorizations.
• Experience authoring and submitting FAA Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA).
• Previous experience as an Airworthiness Engineering Lead or Airworthiness Engineer.
• Airworthiness experience on a team that executed the first flight of a manned or large UAS developmental aircraft.
• Experience working with the US Army airworthiness framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop and author airworthiness certification and conformance plans for Group 4 and 5 developmental and production aircraft.
• Apply a pragmatic, appropriately tailored approach to airworthiness and systems safety to enable capability realization.
• Engage customers, end users, and local regulatory authorities to identify and negotiate airworthiness frameworks and recognized standards.
• Develop the overall airworthiness strategy as a foundation for design efforts.
• Develop airworthiness plans and documentation for regional regulatory processes and submissions.
• Represent airworthiness in System Design Reviews (SDR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and Safety Review Boards (SRB).
• Ensure customer airworthiness certification objectives are systematically realized, including tailoring traditional processes and updating plans throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop, author, and maintain airworthiness activities in a digital environment connected to system requirements, program schedules, flight-test point matrices, and risk assessments.
• Provide input to flight-test program execution scheduling.
• Develop creative solutions to technical and execution challenges and engage the team to resolve problems.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and are considered part of total compensation.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior