Liaison Engineer

Anduril • Victorville, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Liaison Engineer to support the Fury program, our cutting-edge autonomous aircraft. Based at the Victorville Test Site, you will serve as the on-site technical bridge between flight test operations, maintenance personnel, and design engineering. Your primary mission is to provide rapid, hands-on engineering resolution to unexpected technical issues, defects, or non-conformances that arise during ground and flight testing — keeping aircraft airworthy and on schedule without compromising safety or configuration integrity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related Engineering discipline.
• 3+ years in aviation maintenance support, flight test support, or liaison/MRB engineering.
• Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and electrical schematics; working knowledge of GD&T.
• Familiarity with aircraft structures (composite and/or metallic) and systems (mechanical, electrical, or avionics).
• Experience using 3D CAD software (e.g., CATIA, NX, SolidWorks) to view and query models.
• Experience with PLM, ERP, and/or MES systems for configuration and nonconformance tracking.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills — able to work effectively with design engineers, shop-floor technicians, and leadership simultaneously.
• Mindset: Bias for action, sound judgment under pressure and ambiguity, and genuine enjoyment of hands-on troubleshooting.
• Able to juggle multiple concurrent issues without losing track of any of them.
• U.S. Citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.

Nice To Haves

• Prior Material Review Board (MRB) delegation/authority.
• Experience supporting UAS / autonomous aircraft programs.
• Familiarity with flight test operations, test instrumentation/data acquisition, and flight line safety protocols.
• Working knowledge of FAA regulations and experimental airworthiness certification.
• Experience performing or reviewing minor structural repair analysis (stress/margin checks) for engineering dispositions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for the maintenance crew during ground and flight test operations.
• Interpret blueprints, 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, and technical manuals to resolve discrepancies in real time.
• Evaluate defects and nonconformances found during inspection, maintenance, or test; issue engineering dispositions (use-as-is, repair, rework) within delegated authority.
• Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) discussions, assess structural/systems integrity impact, and drive the safest path to return-to-service.
• Support root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations for recurring or high-impact nonconformances, feeding findings back to design engineering to prevent repeat occurrences.
• Create, authorize, and oversee redline drawing changes or field modifications needed to install test instrumentation or correct design errors in real time.
• Draft clear, step-by-step technical repair instructions, including minor structural/electrical analysis, for mechanics to execute — escalating to Design Engineering/Stress when a fix exceeds delegated authority or affects form/fit/function.
• Take ownership of hardware availability for active repairs; drive demand signals to supply chain to prevent schedule slip.
• Ensure all temporary repairs, modifications, and deviations comply with FAA regulations (including experimental airworthiness requirements), company engineering standards, and quality system requirements.
• Operate within, and help mature, the program's quality management system (e.g., AS9100-aligned processes) as it applies to liaison dispositions.
• Document every temporary redline, repair, and non-conformance so the aircraft's as-built configuration is accurately tracked, recorded, and updated across its lifetime in the program's PLM/MES/ERP systems.
• Maintain traceability from disposition through installed hardware to support future maintenance, safety investigations, and fleet-wide trend analysis.
• Facilitate two-way communication between flight line mechanics and remote design engineering teams, ensuring design engineers understand real-world hangar-floor constraints and mechanics understand design intent.
• Flag systemic issues (recurring failure modes, tooling gaps, tech data errors) to program leadership and design engineering with data to support prioritization.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

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