Anduril Industries
Materials and Process Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a Materials and Process Engineer to support the design and manufacturing of advanced structural components for air vehicles and missile systems. You'll own material selection, process execution, and qualification for metallic and composite airframe hardware while collaborating with structures engineers and manufacturing teams.
What you'll do
- Select materials and ensure compliance for primary and secondary structural parts throughout design, prototyping, and production
- Execute and manage bonding, surface prep, coatings, fastening, and composite layup processes on airframe hardware
- Design and conduct testing to characterize material and process performance, including bond strength and mechanical analysis
- Author technical documentation including specifications, procedures, test reports, and vendor requirements
- Provide on-site engineering support at manufacturing facilities to troubleshoot process issues and disposition non-conformances
- Contribute to material standards, approved materials lists, and cross-program procedures
What they're looking for
- Materials science and structural engineering principles
- Aerospace manufacturing processes (bonding, machining, coating, composites, fastening)
- Materials and process selection with trade-off analysis
- Structural testing and ASTM test standards
- Technical writing and documentation
- CAD software (Siemens NX preferred)
- Design-for-manufacturing thinking
- Root cause analysis and problem-solving
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you selected a material for a structural application—what factors did you weigh, and how did you validate your choice?
- Describe your experience with composite layup processes or bonding techniques. What challenges have you encountered and how did you resolve them?