Senior Airworthiness Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

14h • $146,000 - $194,000

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. They aim to bring 21st-century innovation to the defense industry, changing how military systems are designed, built, and sold. Anduril is committed to rapidly deploying cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military. The Test and Evaluation team at Anduril supports all product lines, flight operations, and test range management, conducting various types of testing from full system development to sub-component qualification. This role offers an opportunity to work in an innovative, fast-paced environment with direct impact on fielded products.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an aviation-related engineering degree.
• 8+ years of airworthiness engineering experience.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with DoD and FAA airworthiness authorities.
• Experience with DoD Airworthiness Policy Directives, Instructions, and Airworthiness Bulletins.
• Proven experience working DoD and FAA Airworthiness processes, including MIL-HDBK-516 series documents, throughout the life cycle of a developmental aircraft to achieve successful program completion.
• Experience developing and managing Airworthiness plans and tracking Airworthiness criteria.
• Must have experience with manned or UAS developmental Military aircraft.
• Ability to develop and execute Airworthiness Certification process improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects.
• Strong computer and technical software experience (MATLAB, JIRA, DOORS, MS Office, CATIA, 3DX).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Masters in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or aviation-related technical discipline.
• 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).
• Previously held a position as Airworthiness Engineering Lead or Airworthiness Engineer.
• Airworthiness experience on a team that executed first flight on a manned or large UAS developmental aircraft.
• Experience working with the Department of Defense (DoD) as a contractor.

Responsibilities

• Develop and author Airworthiness certification and conformance plans for developmental and production aircraft.
• Support Flight Releases, Type Certification, tailored airworthiness, and FAA general use airspace integration.
• Perform technical airworthiness (AW) planning, tracking, and verification support within a digital environment.
• Develop and negotiate airworthiness bases of certification and means of compliance.
• Cultivate total-system Airworthiness relationships between engineers and technical authorities, including customer partners.
• Guide technical reviews with airworthiness engineers and engineering disciplines across the total system design, development, and test processes.
• Perform functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies with program engineers and customer representatives.
• Facilitate interactions that translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
• Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives, including tailoring traditional Airworthiness processes.
• Continuously evaluate and update Airworthiness plans with new solutions to meet program needs throughout the product lifecycle.
• Proactively support and guide design development towards Airworthiness compliance.
• Support processes leading to the successful issuance of a Military Flight Release (MFR).
• Solicit engineering and systems data to support Airworthiness Boards, technical interchange meetings, and risk assessments.
• Develop, author, and maintain all Airworthiness activities in a digital environment interconnected with system requirements, program schedules, flight test point matrix, and risk assessments.
• Perform statistical analysis of program performance and leverage digital tools to provide input to the flight test program execution schedule.
• Develop creative solutions to unique technical and execution challenges.
• Engage the team to solve and fix problems encountered.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• 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: Senior