Senior Development Fabrication Technician Hardware

Location:

Costa Mesa, California

Compensation: $37 - 49 USD / hour

Costa Mesa, California, United States

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.

As a Senior Development Fabrication Technician, you will take prototype hardware from drawing to finished assembly.

You'll plan the build, select the right fabrication approach, lay out and fit components, weld and machine hardware, design fixtures, inspect your work, and solve problems as they emerge.

You will work directly with engineers when drawings are incomplete, tolerances create problems, or a design simply isn't practical to manufacture. You'll be expected to speak up, recommend a better path, and help the team get to the right hardware faster.

Some days you may fabricate a small precision assembly. Others may involve a large structural weldment or prototype supporting an entirely new vehicle or system.

This role is built for an experienced fabricator who wants complex problems, autonomy, variety, and ownership — not repetitive production work.

• Own prototype builds from start to finish, translating engineering drawings, CAD, and work orders into finished hardware ready for integration or testing.
• Determine the best build sequence, fabrication approach, tooling, fixturing, and material preparation strategy for each job.
• Fabricate small through large-scale assemblies using layout, fitting, welding, cutting, drilling, grinding, forming, sawing, and conventional machining.
• Build complex weldments across steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other alloys using GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW processes.
• Design and build weld fixtures and tooling that maintain alignment and tight tolerances during fabrication.
• Identify fit-up, tolerance, accessibility, distortion, sequencing, and manufacturability problems before they become integration problems.
• Work directly with design engineers to resolve unclear drawings, incomplete designs, and manufacturability challenges.
• Challenge designs when necessary and recommend practical changes that improve buildability, quality, and speed.
• Perform dimensional and visual inspection of completed hardware and make sound decisions around rework, repair, or rebuild.
• Independently execute R&D fabrication work with limited oversight, including evaluating the job, planning the work, identifying material needs, and completing the build.
• Adapt quickly when designs, priorities, or program requirements change during a build.
• Help raise the technical bar of the shop by sharing fabrication knowledge, mentoring teammates, and contributing to better fabrication practices.
• Maintain a safe, organized work environment and consistently follow Anduril and OSHA safety requirements.

• 6+ years of hands-on fabrication, welding, or related metalworking experience, ideally in prototype, R&D, aerospace, motorsports, custom fabrication, or low-volume manufacturing…