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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Compute and Communications

Anduril· Connected Warfare : Edge Compute & Communications Engineering : Compute & Comms Engineering Design
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Costa Mesa, CA$151k - $189kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design ruggedized compute and communications hardware and enclosures for military applications, focusing on packaging, thermal management, and EMI/EMC considerations for harsh environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own ruggedized compute and communications hardware from concept generation to real-world use in the field
  • Serve as a key part of a tight-knit product team, spanning electrical, thermal, manufacturing, quality and industrial design
  • Work with customers to understand real battlefield challenges
  • Design novel enclosures, cooling solutions, and PCBAs for those mission sets — from the ground up
  • Solve the hard packaging problems: thermal management, shock and vibration isolation, environmental sealing (IP/ingress), EMI/EMC shielding, and dense component integration in small form factors
  • Use engineering first-principles, analysis, and testing to ensure your designs survive battlefield conditions and meet standards such as MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461
  • Get hands-on to build prototypes and first articles
  • Travel to exercises and work alongside warfighters to support and collect feedback on our products
  • Iterate on your designs and work with our manufacturing team to build and deliver them at scale

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to design, prototype, and ship ruggedized electronics hardware
  • Past record of design ownership in a team setting (professional or otherwise), ideally on enclosures or electromechanical packaging
  • High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
  • 7+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience packaging electronics for harsh environments — managing thermal, shock, vibration, sealing, and EMI constraints
  • Familiarity with tolerance stack-up analysis and design for high-volume manufacturing
  • CAD skills (any platform) and the ability to produce high-quality, GD&T-driven engineering drawings
  • Experience with high volume manufacturing methods: machining, sheet metal, injection molding, die casting, composites, etc.
  • Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills
  • BS, M.Eng, MS, or PhD in an engineering field
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Skills

Required:Ruggedized electronics packagingEnclosures and electromechanical packagingTolerance stack-up analysisCAD and GD&T-driven drawingsHigh-volume manufacturing methods

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and related)
  • Highly competitive equity grants typically included in full-time offers
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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