Staff Structures Design Engineer, Omen

Anduril is seeking a Staff Structural Engineer to join the Omen Team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Anduril's hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains.

Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract, with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development of future systems.

You will work on new aircraft development in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years.

- Perform static and dynamic structural analyses of composites and metallics using first principles and appropriate analysis methods (hand calculations, spreadsheets, scripts, detailed FEA)

- Develop and own FEM creation and organization at the global and subsystem level

- Collaborate with hardware engineers to drive proper designs based on analytical results

- Document analysis methodology and results in technical reports for internal teams and external stakeholders

- Conduct and support validation testing, including instrumentation requirements, load requirements, data collection, and model correlation

- Participate in flight testing including setting Do No Exceed values, monitoring loads, and dispositioning inspection findings

- Ensure designs meet customer requirements, industry standards, and safety regulations

- Stay current with advancements in analysis techniques, materials technology, and industry standards

- BS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures

- Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and materials properties

- Structural testing experience (static, buckling, cyclic) including sensor selection, data acquisition, and data post-processing

- Proficiency in FEA software (ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN) solution sequences for linear and non-linear static and buckling analyses

- Proficiency in Matlab or Python (or equivalent) for developing analytical models, data acquisition, and automation

- Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision

- Very organized and willing to establish scope and requirements for ill- defined problems

- Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

- 11+ years of experience in a structures, dynamics, or loads related role with high ownership and accountability for hardware outcomes

- Experienced subject matter expert in domain, ability to influence without authority, ability to drive strategic decision making to critical program delivery

- MS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures