Senior Materials and Process Engineer, Space

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Standards Development & Implementation

• Maintain material and process standards, including banned/approved materials lists, common material coatings, common procedures, and corrosion prevention and control requirements

• Develop and advance hardware design standards and common parts libraries

• Support comprehensive technical documentation (standards, procedures, test reports, vendor specifications, etc.)

Testing & Characterization

• Design and conduct testing to establish materials performance properties.

• Manage relationships with internal and external test laboratories for materials characterization and failure analysis

• Accelerate material evaluation, implementation, and qualification

• Select appropriate characterization equipment; oversee data acquisition and analysis

Contamination Control

• Develop and manage contamination budgets across multiple space programs, balancing operational costs with performance risks

• Implement and monitor contamination controls in assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) environments including cleanrooms, thermal chambers, and TVAC facilities