Senior/Staff Maritime Test Maintainer/Operator

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.

This position is looking for a highly motivated, highly experienced maritime test operator with emphasis in developmental test of autonomous systems and experience performing marine vehicle maintenance. You will work heavily with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments to support vehicle testing focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever. The role will be responsible maintaining the vehicles, coordination, execution and reporting on all facets of the test program.

The Test and Evaluation team at Anduril works across the entire spectrum of products and business lines, as well as all maritime, air, and land-based operations and test range management. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new production acceptance testing, 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

• Support daily operations of system-level testing of autonomous marine vehicle(s) at Anduril Test Sites.
• Resolve system-level issues that occur during testing, collaborate with teams to perform failure analysis and devise solutions.
• Conduct regular maintenance checks and preventive measures on vehicle platforms, keeping them in optimal operating condition. This may include inspecting and performing repairs on mechanical and electronic components.
• Oversee compliance with safety programs, regulations, and standard operating procedures in all activities.
• Train operators on safe autonomous marine vehicles usage and confirm adherence to safety protocols and company policies.
• Perform scripted adjustment and calibration of sensors prior to test events and to troubleshoot issues.
• Generate detailed technical reports on test results, operational issues, performance improvement, and maintenance activities, including data collection / logs.
• Troubleshoot related to autonomous driving software, hardware, or integration between both.
• Collaborate with software and hardware development teams to provide feedback for design and performance enhancements based on operation observations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Must have excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more engineering areas.
• A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
• Ability to travel as required for test planning and execution
• Able to work extended hours as required
• Bias for action – if you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
• Experience in operation, testing, and maintenance of ground vehicles, specifically semi- or fully- autonomous platforms in defense or commercial industry.
• Experience in mission or safety-critical product development environments.
• Experience performing data-driven root cause analysis on complex systems.
• Electrical design and troubleshooting experience on development vehicles
• Strong computer and documentation experience.
• Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret-Level Security Clearance.
• Must have a working understanding of basic engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory; demonstrated experience applying those concepts; and, expansive knowledge of principles, concepts, theory, and practices in related technical specialties.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering degree: BSE, ME, MET, EE,
• Experience in prototyping vehicle systems.
• Experience working with the Department of Defense (DoD).
• Familiarity with Linux based operating systems and b