Hiring: Senior Explosives System Safety Engineer Company: Anduril Industries Location: Costa Mesa, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 10:24:09 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Computer Vision, Product Development Lifecycle About the job Experience: •2+ years of experience leading, managing, or technically directing a team of engineers Required Skills: •This isn't just an individual contributor role. Dave Veitch, the hiring manager, is looking for someone who can lead and grow a team of 3–10 safety engineers while staying deep in the technical work. You'll set the standard for how Anduril approaches weapons safety certification — creating frameworks that scale across future programs. •Lead Anduril's munitions, warhead, and fuzing certification programs through DoD weapons safety review boards (WSERB, FISTRP, SSSTRP), building strong relationships with the review entities •Build and lead a team of 3–10 system safety engineers — hiring, mentoring, setting technical direction, and driving professional development •Create, review, manage, and present safety documentation packages to internal stakeholders, customers, and fuze/safety boards •Partner with engineering, program management, and operations teams to embed safety practices into the product development lifecycle from day one •Plan and drive testing, analysis, and review milestones — taking a proactive approach to minimize certification timelines •Own root cause analysis and corrective actions relevant to the safety review process •Manage project deliverables including requirements documentation, change control, traceability, and reliability matrices Qualifications: •BS or higher in mechanical, systems, aerospace, or another engineering discipline •8+ years of experience in design, safety, certification, and systems engineering of ordnance systems •Warhead/fuze review board experience (WSERB, FISTRP, AFSRB, or equivalent) •Munitions system certification or qualification experience •Deep working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1316, and MIL-STD-1901 •Demonstrated capacity to travel for testing and customer meetings (surges up to 25%) •Strong written and verbal communication skills — you'll be presenting to safety boards, collaborating across engineering and ops, and managing external stakeholders •Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance •Be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company. •Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret, Top Secret, or DOE L/Q) Compensation: •$166,000 - $220,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!