Integration & Test (HITL) Lead

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

18h

About The Position

The Integration & Test (HITL) Lead will own the test infrastructure used to verify payload and autonomy behavior before systems reach the water. Reporting to the Payload Lead, this person will build and lead hardware-in-the-loop benches, define test strategy across simulation and real hardware, and establish the HITL environment as a place to detect and resolve problems before at-sea deployment. The role requires technical expertise and leadership to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and drive multidisciplinary projects to completion.

The position is part of Anduril's Maritime Division and supports its work to scale advanced manufacturing and develop next-generation autonomous underwater vehicles. The team is currently developing and prototyping in a 160,000-square-foot facility in Orange County, California, ahead of the construction of Arsenal-2 in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or computer science discipline, or equivalent.
• 7+ years in test engineering, integration and test, or test infrastructure development.
• Demonstrated ownership of a hardware-in-the-loop environment for a complex system.
• Strong software skills in Python plus C++ or Rust for test automation and simulators.
• Experience building simulators or emulators that stand in for real hardware.
• Hands-on hardware instrumentation and lab debugging experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a test team or test function.
• Background with robotics, autonomous vehicle, aerospace, or maritime test environments.
• Experience with automated regression against hardware in CI.
• Familiarity with test instrumentation, DAQ systems, and data analysis pipelines.
• Experience in defense programs with formal verification or qualification test requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own HITL bench architecture, build-out, and operation for payload and autonomy testing.
• Define test strategy spanning unit, SITL, HITL, and at-sea validation.
• Build hardware and software simulators for payloads, sensors, and vehicle subsystems.
• Develop automated regression suites that run against real hardware.
• Own test instrumentation, data capture, and results analysis tooling.
• Lead test execution for payload integration campaigns and support at-sea events.
• Drive defect triage and root cause analysis from test findings back into engineering.
• Set test coverage standards and define what must pass before hardware goes to sea.
• Validate requirements and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
• Ensure milestones and required checks are completed.
• Partner with systems engineering.
• Travel up to 30% to test sites and at-sea events.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

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