andurilindustries

Integration and Test Engineer (Iron Bird), Omen

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At a Glance

Location
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Experience
5+ years
Department
Software
Posted
2026-06-18T16:52:00-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Aerospace
  • Banking
  • Defense
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Media
  • Regulatory

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

ensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to empl

Requirements

5+ years experience in developing and operating HIL/HITL/Iron Bird or comparable environments for flight vehicles or complex autonomous systems

Experience with real-time simulation environments, hardware emulation, closed-loop test configurations, and HIL platforms (dSPACE, NI, Speedgoat, or similar)

Experience designing and building integration test benches including power distribution, signal routing, harnessing, and mechanical fixturing

Adept at working safely with high voltage systems, including integration, checkout and test

Strong test engineering foundation — DAQ setup and operation, sensor selection and installation, fluency in common communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, Serial), and command line interface (CLI)

Defense Industry background desirable

Compensation & Benefits

$146,000

$194,000 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:

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.

Responsibilities

Own the design, build, commissioning, and sustained operation of Iron Bird (HIL/HITL) environments for all vehicle configurations — enabling mission simulation, off-nominal testing, and failure injection

Design and maintain modular Iron Bird configurations with switchable hardware and emulation to enable flexible, subsystem-targeted testing

Develop, review, and execute right-sized test plans for Iron Bird integration activities, efficiently capturing and reporting learnings, and making recommendations as inputs to design

Support software release and regression testing through the Iron Bird environment

Lead component, subsystem, and system-level integration within Iron Bird environments

Focus on the safety of integration environments, ensuring that potential harm to team members is eliminated by design, with particular attention to high voltage, rotating machinery, and stored energy