Instrumentation Engineer, Omen

Anduril is seeking an Instrumentation Engineer to join the Omen team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Andurils 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 including propulsion systems avionics batteries mechanisms structures sensors and payloads 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.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Support the use of Test as a design tool to accelerate component system and subsystem maturation from discrete bench tests to production representative Vehicle Mission and Support Systems
• Specify and build end-to-end physical and electrical data measurement and collection systems from sensors and transducers to data acquisition devices real-time off board data monitoring and telemetry and post-processing tools across the entire range of integration environments
• Design assemble configure and commission test racks breakout boxes/harnesses and other test equipment
• Instrument highly representative Hardware In the Lab (HIL) and Hardware In The Loop (HITL) physical integration environments including high voltage high power hybrid powertrain testbeds
• Support flight test and data collection requirements of crewed and uncrewed surrogate platforms (Group 3 UAS)
• Define install calibrate and support ground and flight test instrumentation and telemetry for prototype and production representative Omen Systems
• Act with a strong safety mindset (stop think do) to execute work safely in experimental environments with the aim of eliminating potential harm to team members
• Contribute to Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) ensuring that tests can be safety and efficiently conducted
• Champion configuration control of instrumentation across all fixed and flying integration environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Bachelor degree or higher in Mechanical Electrical Mechatronics Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or aviation related technical discipline
• 8 years experience in integration test test instrumentation and telemetry
• Experience in designing building and operating robust instrumentation systems for realtime and post-test observation of loads temperatures pressures software messages accelerations in ground and flight test environments. Experience with instrumenting and operating HIL/HITL/IRON BIRD environments an advantage
• Vehicle/System level flight test instrumentation experience with Group 3 or larger uncrewed and autonomous platforms
• Familiarity at instrumenting and working safely with high voltage/power systems
• Practiced in specifying selecting installing and calibrating a wide range of sensors including strain gauges string potentiometers Hall Effect sensors thermocouples as well as operating non-contact measurement systems
• Extensive knowledge of electronics/communications/integration troubleshooting and ability to use identify and operate appropriate diagnostics instruments (oscilloscopes signal generators spectrum analyzers etc). Experienced in debug of common protocols such as CAN/Ethernet/Serial
• Competence with I/O signal converters data acquisition and logging systems (NI DAQ C-W Acra etc) telemetry radios (C-W MATS etc) and visualization/processing tools and software (such as NI LabVIEW C-W IADS Grafana Nominal Flexlogger Canapy etc)
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented excellent verbal & written communication skills (effective for broad audiences)
• A sincere commitment to a positive inclusive and collaborative culture
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance in United States United Kingdom or Australia

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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