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Senior Mechanical Engineer: Optical Payloads, Space

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
$183K - $243KOpen 248 daysEquitySeniorPythonC++MATLABComputer Vision

Senior Mechanical Engineer: Optical Payloads, Space is open at Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, United States. The posting gives a salary of $183K - $243K. Posted on Mar 11, 2026, and still on Anduril Industries’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.

About the role

? Create opto-mechanical designs of space payloads ranging from small cameras to large telescopes Act as Responsible Engineer: conduct analyses, visit vendors and test sites, define and execute test plans, and manage subsystem interfaces Run finite element models and hand calculations to predict stresses in mechanical and optical components Contribute to STOP analyses to evaluate structural and thermal effects on…

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