Instrumentation Engineer, Omen

Anduril is seeking an Instrumentation 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, 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 YOU’LL 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