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Mechanical Engineer, Roadrunner

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Roadrunner Mechanical
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Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Mechanical Engineer role within Anduril’s Roadrunner team, designing and integrating hardware for high-speed unmanned air vehicles, from concept to flight test, with emphasis on first principles engineering, testing, and production transition.

Responsibilities

  • Own designs from concept generation to real world use including avionics, mechanisms, thermal systems, fuel systems, and other general design tasks as required.
  • Develop and integrate hardware on unmanned air vehicles.
  • Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision.
  • Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans.
  • Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production.
  • Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.
  • Travel to test sites as needed.
  • Support the design and analysis of composite structures, including the development of tooling essential for high-volume production.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or related roles.
  • Proficiency designing mechanical parts using CAD software (Siemens NX preferred).
  • Understanding of scalable manufacturing methods for composites, metal components and plastics (e.g. machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.).
  • Strong technical knowledge in core engineering principles and first principles physics.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:CAD design

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees).
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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