About the job
Anduril Industries builds advanced defense technology for the U. S. and allied militaries. The company’s systems use Lattice OS to process real-time data and create a 3D command and control environment. Core areas include autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking, all aimed at supporting modern defense operations.
Lethality Team
The Lethality team develops, analyzes, tests, and transitions advanced warhead and ordnance systems into production. Their work spans design engineering, explosives science, safety, test execution, and numerical analysis. This group supports a wide range of missions, on land, in the air, at sea, and underwater, addressing diverse warhead capabilities.
Key responsibilities for the team include maturing designs, analyzing system performance, and conducting safety assessments. These assessments cover areas such as storage compatibility, accidental initiation, and risks of sympathetic detonation. The team relies on numerical analysis and simulation to accelerate development, guide design decisions, optimize experiments, support diagnostics, and interpret test results. Their contributions directly influence future products and proposals.
Role overview
Based in Costa Mesa, CA, the Warhead Design Engineer - Modeling & Simulation uses academic research, empirical data, engineering judgment, and computational modeling to guide warhead and ordnance design from concept through test and into production.
This role goes beyond running simulations. Modeling and analysis serve as essential engineering tools to improve decisions about design, explosive selection, initiation methods, test planning, and post-test evaluation. The engineer works closely with the team to assess performance using both analytical approaches and practical experience.
