Staff Fuel Systems Engineer, Omen

About the role

The Staff Fluids Systems Engineer will join the Omen autonomous air‑vehicle team in Costa Mesa, leading the design, development and qualification of fuel, hydraulic, thermal‑management, environmental‑control and pneumatic systems for a tail‑sitter Group 3 aircraft, working in a fast‑paced, high‑ownership environment from concept through low‑rate production.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense‑technology company that builds AI‑powered systems such as Lattice OS to give U.S. and allied militaries advanced autonomy, computer‑vision, sensor‑fusion and networking capabilities, aiming to deliver new capabilities in months rather than years.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 + years of technical engineering experience focused on aircraft or aerospace fluids systems.
• Strong knowledge of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and design/analysis/testing/qualification of aircraft fluids systems.
• Deep understanding of fuel, hydraulic, thermal‑management, environmental‑control and/or pneumatic system architectures and their trade‑offs.
• Hands‑on experience designing, building and testing fluids‑system hardware, including component selection, plumbing routing and vehicle integration.
• Experience in an immersive technical project (e.g., collegiate team or professional setting).
• Proficiency with CAD software (any platform; NX preferred) for plumbing and complex system layouts.
• Proficiency with system‑level fluids analysis tools such as Flowmaster, AFT Fathom/Arrow, GT‑SUITE, EASY5, Simulink/Simscape or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of applicable air‑worthiness and aerospace standards (SAE AS, MIL‑STD, AS9100) for fluids components and systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace or chemical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated hands‑on fabrication and test skills.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with NX/Teamcenter (preferred).
• Experience designing clean‑sheet aircraft fluids system architectures and integration (preferred).
• Experience designing fuel systems for unconventional configurations such as tail‑sitters, VTOL or tilt‑rotor (preferred).
• Experience with two‑phase and pumped‑loop thermal‑management for high‑power‑density electronics or propulsion (preferred).
• Experience qualifying fluids components to aerospace environmental and vibration standards (e.g., DO‑160, MIL‑STD‑810, MIL‑STD‑704) (preferred).
• Experience leading vendor development and qualification of fluids components (preferred).
• Experience with CFD tools (Star‑CCM+, Fluent, OpenFOAM) for internal flows, sloshing or thermal analysis (preferred).
• Familiarity with running system‑level development and qualification testing on fluids rigs and integrated aircraft (preferred).