Explosives Operations Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Anduril is seeking an Explosives Operations Engineer to join our Costa Mesa team. Our Explosives Engineering & Operations group drives innovation in warhead design, high-fidelity explosive modeling, and operational explosive safety. In this role you’ll partner with multiple product lines (Roadrunner, Bolt, Barracuda, Altius, Copperhead) to translate program and customer requirements into engineered solutions. You will influence design, testing, hazard analysis, and field support for systems deployed across land, sea, and air domains.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Plan, organize, develop, and lead explosives operations; support current and future products with explosives safety and applications experience; write, edit, and review explosive safety procedures and operating instructions and assure all personnel understand the procedures.
• Confirm explosive operations follow all DoD and ATFE regulations.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert, authority, and consultant to all levels of the organization on matters pertaining to explosives.
• Create, edit, and maintain internal explosive policy documentation; collaborate and partner with legal, operations, finance, program leads, business development, and engineering to support products with explosives.
• Oversee the explosives storage to include inventory, security, inspections, and forecasting.
• Sustain, maintain, and upgrade our explosive operations and training programs, to include compliance with applicable regulations, and customer requirements.
• Ensure training for explosive training is adequate, compliant, and current.
• Sporadic travel to austere environments for extended periods; create and deliver instruction to adult learners in the classroom and field environments.
• Interact positively with Anduril customers (USG and non-USG) and employees in austere environments.
• Prioritize and coordinate assignments and operational priorities with engineering teams; oftentimes test ranges, equipment, and personnel will have crossover between RDT&E and Manufacturing operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

US Salary Range$113,000—$149,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and / or training, critical skills, and / or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including :

Healthcare Benefits

Additional Benefits

Retirement Savings Plan

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