Flight Test Engineer - Discovery

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Anduril Industries

Compensation

$183,000 USD

Costa Mesa, California, United States

On-site

Posted May 1, 2026

Job Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril Test and Evaluation is actively seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Flight Test Engineer to support the our Discovery business line on a variety of emerging programs. In this role, you will support the Discovery business line by contributing your technical expertise and fostering strategic collaboration across various teams. This includes working closely with program leadership, supporting companies, and government partners.

The Test Engineering team works across the entire spectrum of products ranging from Lattice Ghost UAS, Sentry Tower, cUAS and other platforms. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new aircraft development, sub-component qualification testing and much more. In short, if it involves test, we support it. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in the products that are fielded this a fantastic opportunity.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Test and Evaluation (T&E) engineer, under minimal supervision, you will determine and develop various approaches to achieve T&E goals and help guide and perform the completion of test activities.
Test duties include system level T&E of hardware and software with emphasis placed on resource planning, conducting ground and flight testing, process improvement/development and generating technical test plans for review.
Lead execution of testing of testing at private and government owned test ranges
Work closely with Engineering to discuss test results, to include collected data and observations.
Collect and perform initial test data analysis for the system under test.
Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

A bachelor's degree or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution
4-10+ years test engineering experience
Current Top Secret Secret Security Clearance
Ability to travel up to 35% of the time to support test requirements
Experience producing customer facing test deliverables (test plans, flight readiness reviews, data analysis, test reports, etc.)
Experience as a test conductor and/or test director, or similar (i.e. Range events in the military)
Must have a complete understanding of engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory; experience demonstrating a broad application of those concepts; and, expansive knowledge of principles, concepts, theory, and practices in related technical specialties.
Must possess general knowledge of test execution safety and risk management
Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas
Previous expertise and working knowledge of the National Airspace System and UAS operating rules and regulations
Must be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver results in a highly ambiguous, fast-paced environment with little to no oversight

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience working with the Department of Defense (DoD) and/or the Intelligence Community
Experience working with First Person View (FPV) drones
Prior unmanned drone or small UAS experience
Professional experience utilizing data analysis tools or programming languages (Python, MATLAB, etc)
Experience with Linux Operating Systems

US Salary Range

$113,000—$183,000 USD

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

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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