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Staff Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data at Anduril | LAYIQ

Own the Design Allowables Standard.
Define and own how test data becomes a defensible design value across Anduril’s business lines—statistical basis (A-basis / B-basis, pooling, reduction methods), acceptance and inclusion criteria, traceability, versioning, and controlled release. Your methodology becomes the baseline every program’s materials data is held to.
Build the Materials Data Pipeline.
Architect and stand up a materials data pipeline that ingests, structures, governs, and releases materials data into our enterprise materials database. Establish the criteria and pipeline that let advanced and non-standard materials be characterized once, correctly, and reused across programs.
Turn Testing into a Strategic Workflow.
Transform materials characterization and test data management from testing performed as needed into a defined system: what gets tested, to what rigor, and how results become trusted allowables.
Establish Fatigue and Fracture-Critical Methodology.
Define and implement a standardized approach to fatigue-life assessment and damage tolerance, including the qualification path for using materials in a fracture-critical applications, so high-consequence design decisions rest on a consistent, defensible basis.
Extract Value from Lifecycle Material Data.
Build the means to turn the material property and certification data generated across our supply chain into a growing statistical foundation that strengthens our knowledge base over time. Supplier, process and lot-to-lot variability, becomes a queryable digital thread of material traceability, and enables faster decision making through quantified material and process metrics.
Serve as the Cross-Business-Line Technical Authority.
Be the subject-matter expert for materials allowables and data across the portfolio. Partner with design, analysis, test, and quality to align on data requirements, support design and qualification reviews, and drive adoption of the right sized solution for a program.
Seed the Function.
Set the technical standard for materials data and allowables at Anduril. Build the capability and with it, the team around you. A staff engineer here builds capability in the people and systems around them, not just in the work they touch.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy or a related field
8+ years of materials and process engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or a comparably rigorous domain
Deep expertise in materials characterization and design allowables development, including statistical basis (e.g., MMPDS / CMH-17-style methods)
Demonstrated experience turning test data into governed, analysis-ready datasets—data structure, statistics, and traceability (materials data management)
Experience with material qualification and characterization: mechanical testing, and translating results into usable design values
Proven ability to set a technical standard and drive adoption across teams
Strong technical writing—your methodology and specifications are clear, unambiguous, and actionable
Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive progress independently in a fast-paced environment
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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