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Liaison Engineer

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Autonomous Airpower Systems Engineering Integration & Test : Autonomous Airpower Test
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Victorville, CA$112k - $149kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

On-site Liaison Engineer for the Fury autonomous aircraft program, based at the Victorville Test Site. Serves as the technical bridge between flight test operations, maintenance, and design engineering to provide rapid, hands-on engineering resolutions during ground and flight testing while maintaining airworthiness and configuration integrity.

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.
  • 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.
  • Hangar & Flight Line Walkthroughs: physically inspect aircraft, discuss flight-prep issues with technicians.
  • MRB Collaboration: participate in MRB to evaluate defects and determine safest path forward.
  • Authoring Repairs: draft repair instructions and minor analytical assessments for mechanics.
  • Configuration Tracking: document redlines, repairs, and non-conformances to maintain accurate as-built configuration.
  • Closing the Loop: feed findings back into design engineering and RCCA improvements to prevent recurrence across the fleet.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline.
  • 3+ years in aviation maintenance support, flight test support, or liaison/MRB engineering.

Skills

Required:Reading and redlining engineering drawings, blueprints, and electrical schematicsExperience with 3D CAD softwarePLM/ERP/MES systems for configuration and nonconformance trackingAbility to interpret complex engineering dataCommunication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available to full-time employees (health, recovery, and other benefits)
  • Top-tier benefits package referenced in description
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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