Staff Fluid Systems Engineer, Omen

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril is seeking a Staff Fluids Systems 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 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

ABOUT THE TEAM

Here you will work on core product development for unmanned rotorcraft and complex systems including but not limited to composites mechanisms structures and tooling. The ideal candidate would be practical hands-on and a self-starter. High growth potential is possible as well as additional leadership opportunities.

WHAT YOULL DO

Own and drive the design development and qualification of fluids systems on a Group 3 autonomous air vehicle including fuel hydraulics thermal management environmental control and pneumatic systems from concept through low rate initial production.

• Lead technical efforts to define system requirements develop architectures evaluate trade studies and establish methodologies for analyzing verifying and validating fluids systems.
• Perform system-level analysis including pressure drop flow distribution thermal balance transient response water hammer slosh two-phase flow and CFD as needed to support design decisions.
• Work in close partnership with propulsion structures electrical avionics controls and software teams to ensure fluids systems integrate cleanly into a reliable flexible cost-effective vehicle.
• Specify source and qualify fluids components including pumps valves actuators accumulators heat exchangers lines fittings seals filters and tanks.
• Spearhead design reviews conduct hands-on rig and aircraft-level testing visit vendors and develop hardware test plans that validate performance across the flight envelope.
• Define and own fuel system architecture suitable for tail-sitter operation including center-of-gravity management vent and pressurization design and unusable-fuel characterization across all attitudes.
• Support thermal management of propulsion avionics and payload heat loads under hover transition and cruise conditions.
• Actively contribute to the enhancement of team tools templates processes and standards for fluids systems engineering.
• Cultivate a vibrant positive dedicated high-energy educational and enjoyable community environment.
• Balance operational needs across vehicle subsystems while optimizing for development speed mass manufacturability and cost.
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.
• Travel to test sites and vendors as needed.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 8 years in a technical engineering role in a professional setting with a focus on aircraft or aerospace fluids systems.
• Strong technical knowledge in fluid mechanics thermodynamics heat transfer and the design analysis testing and qualification of aircraft fluids systems.
• Deep understanding of fuel hydraulic thermal management environmental control and/or pneumatic system architectures and the trades between them.
• Hands-on experience designing building and testing fluids systems hardware including component selection plumbing routing and integration into a flight vehicle.
• Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings).
• Strong proficiency in CAD software (any platform but NX preferred) with specific emphasis on plumbing routing and complex system installations.
• Proficiency with system-level fluids analysis tools (e.g. Flowmaster AFT Fathom/Arrow GT-SUITE EASY5 Simulink/Simscape or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of applicable airworthiness and aerospace standards (e.g. SAE AS MIL-STD AS9100) for fluids components and systems.
• BS or MS in mechanical aerospace or chemical engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on fabrication and test skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in NX/Teamcenter.
• Experience with clean sheet aircraft fluids system architecture and integration.
• Experience designing fuel systems for unconventional aircraft configurations (tail-sitter VTOL tilt-rotor or other multi-attitude platforms).
• Experience with two-phase and pumped-loop thermal management systems for high-power-density electronics or propulsion.
• Experience qualifying fluids components to aerospace environmental and vibration standards (e.g. DO-160 MIL-STD-810 MIL-STD-704).
• Experience leading vendor development and qualification of fluids components.
• Experience with CFD (Star-CCM Fluent OpenFOAM) applied to internal flows sloshing or thermal analysis.
• Familiarity with running system-level development and qualification testing on fluids rigs and integrated aircraft.

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:

Benefits

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