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Staff Payload Integration Engineer, Omen

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maneuver Dominance Engineering : MD - ME
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Staff Payload Integration Engineer responsible for the mechanical integration of mission payloads into the Omen Group 3 airframe, designing modular payload interfaces, ensuring structural integrity, CG limits, and rapid field swap capability.

Responsibilities

  • Own the mechanical integration of mission payloads into the Omen Group 3 airframe, from early concept trades through flight-ready hardware
  • Design and iterate on primary and secondary structural interfaces: mounts, rails, adapters, and retention mechanisms that allow payloads to be installed, removed, and swapped rapidly in the field
  • Develop and maintain a modular payload architecture that accommodates a range of sensor types, sizes, and weights while preserving structural integrity, CG limits, and aerodynamic performance
  • Define payload interface control drawings (ICDs) covering mechanical mounting datums, fastener patterns, envelope constraints, access provisions, and load paths into the airframe
  • Collaborate closely with the structures, mechanical, and payload mechatronics teams to ensure mounting solutions satisfy thermal, vibration, and alignment requirements driven by the sensors they house
  • Balance competing constraints across payload capacity, structural mass, swap time, and production cost, making clear trade recommendations to program leadership
  • Feed lessons learned back into ICDs, calibration procedures, and production assembly and acceptance test documentation

Qualifications

  • BS or higher in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline
  • 12+ years of experience in mechanical design and integration, with meaningful time spent on structural mounting, mechanisms, or payload/subsystem integration on aerospace or defense platforms
  • Strong understanding of load paths, structural joints, and fastened connections in mixed composite and metallic assemblies
  • Proficiency in CAD software (NX preferred; SolidWorks or equivalent acceptable) for detailed part and assembly modeling
  • Ability to perform structural sizing via hand calculations and classical methods (bolt analysis, lug analysis, bearing/bypass, joint allowables)
  • Working knowledge of FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, or NASTRAN) sufficient to build and interpret local detail models for mounting hardware
  • Hands-on experience with hardware integration, you have personally fit, shimmed, fastened, and troubleshot mechanical assemblies
  • Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and interface control documentation
  • Strong collaboration skills and comfort working across structures, manufacturing, and avionics teams in a fast-paced development environment
  • High ownership mentality and a bias toward action — willing to pick up a wrench, visit a vendor, or fly to a test site to keep things moving

Skills

Required:Payload integrationStructural design and interfacesCAD modeling (NX preferred)FEM/FEA knowledgeGD&T and tolerance stack-upsCollaboration across disciplines

Benefits

  • comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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