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Senior Explosive Operations Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Hardware Engineering Services : Lethality
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McHenry, MS$128k - $171kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior role focused on explosives operations, safety, compliance, and field support across Anduril’s product lines, enabling development-to-field deployment in land, sea, and air domains.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, organize, and execute explosives operations in support of current and future Anduril products.
  • Support hands-on explosives operations across test, field, and operational environments.
  • Lead and support range safety activities and contribute to the overall safety and compliance posture of explosive operations.
  • Assist in developing site laydowns, blast and fragmentation considerations, quantity-distance evaluations, and other mitigation strategies related to explosive operations.
  • Draft and enforce explosive safety procedures and operating instructions, and ensure personnel understand and follow them.
  • Ensure operations are executed in accordance with applicable DoD, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA, and internal safety requirements based on the operational context.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on explosives operations, handling, safety, and compliance.
  • Partner across legal, operations, finance, program leadership, business development, engineering, manufacturing, and EHS to support products involving explosives.
  • Assist in explosives storage, including inventory, security, inspections, and forecasting.
  • Improve explosives operations and training programs to meet regulatory, company, and customer requirements.
  • Train and instruct others on safe handling and operational execution.
  • Work effectively with Anduril customers, both USG and non-USG, and internal teams in austere environments.
  • Enable safe, scalable deployment across Anduril’s product portfolio by building and executing operations that meet speed, rigor, and safety demands.
  • Increase operational velocity without compromising compliance by applying DoD, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA, and internal safety requirements.
  • Strengthen explosives operations as the business scales by improving procedures, training, storage practices, and readiness.
  • Translate mission needs into real-world execution by turning customer and program requirements into executable operations.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in explosives operations, including practical experience with explosives safety, storage, transportation, and test or field execution.
  • Hands-on experience executing or supporting explosive operations in operational, test, range, or field environments.
  • In-depth knowledge of regulatory environment surrounding explosives and energetic materials (DoD explosives safety regulations, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA) and applying them in real environments; familiarity with DoD Manual 4145.26 is preferred.
  • Experience developing or enforcing SOPs, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally in support of explosive-related activities across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and program teams.
  • Ability to travel up to 25%–50%, including domestic test sites and occasional international travel.
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or DOE L) and ATF background screening.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a valid DOT Medical Examiner’s Certificate and any CDL required for operating commercial motor vehicles associated with this position.
  • Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening.

Skills

Required:Explosives operationsExplosives safetyRegulatory compliance (DoD, ATF/ATFE, DOT, OSHA)SOP developmentCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and more) available to employees.
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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