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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Senior Reliability Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design/Development Engineer, or Test Engineer.
  • A B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
  • Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industry.
  • Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629.
  • Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program, including support of production testing, field testing, data acquisition, and data analysis.
  • Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis.
  • Experience generating qualification testing requirements and executing tests to proactively characterize product behavior and performance.
  • Failure investigation and analysis experience with a proven track record of solving problems and preventing recurrence.
  • Design review experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and confidence presenting across all levels of leadership.
  • Eligibility to obtain or maintain a U.S. Secret clearance, as required.

Responsibilities

  • Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations.
  • Lead Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to implement design improvements.
  • Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF using Anduril requirements, specifications, and relevant industry standards such as MIL-HDBK-217Plus.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive Qualification and Validation Test plans, including environmental, life/limit, and accelerated testing, to ensure appropriate requirements coverage and de-risking for production readiness; partner with Test Engineering to fixture and instrument test campaigns.
  • Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop, refine, and validate assembly, integration, and testing processes, including inspection and acceptance test gates, to optimize build reliability and reduce time-to-deploy.
  • Develop maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472, and support the development of Preventative Maintenance and Sparing plans.
  • Perform Weibull analysis using data from qualification campaigns, production testing, and fielded assets to predict failures and identify trends.
  • Lead failure investigations on anomalies originating from design validation, production testing, and field returns; drive root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions (CAPA) to closure.
  • Support Development Milestone Reviews by identifying appropriate entry and exit criteria and guiding the transition of designs from engineering development to high-rate production.
  • Develop and implement standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure to streamline and accelerate design, manufacturing, and deployment operations.

Desired Qualifications

  • An M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
  • Experience with MIL-HDBK-217Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, and MIL-STD-1916.
  • Experience with Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessments, Manufacturing Review Board (MRB), Quality Inspection, Tooling, or Calibration.
  • Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL.
  • Experience with HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing), HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening), Environmental Testing, and/or Mechanical Testing.
  • Technical writing experience developing requirements, standards, specifications, user guides, and policies.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

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