Senior Packaging Engineer

As a Packaging Engineer on the Mechanical Engineering team at Anduril in Costa Mesa, CA, you will work to help develop and maintain packaging compliance strategies in accordance to customer and industry standards. You will work cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, supply chain and sustainment team to ensure our designs meet the product and customer needs.

Packaging Compliance and Regulatory Adherence

• Develop, implement and maintain packaging compliance strategies aligned with customer and industry standards. Champion synergies between reuse and common packaging application and the impact to the customer and packaging experience.
• Support creation and maintenance of detailed documentation for audits, contract reporting, and regulatory reviews.
• Lead internal and external audits to verify adherence to packaging regulations, working closely with quality and regulatory teams.

Packaging Design and Engineering Support

• Collaborate with engineering teams to design new packaging that protects high-value and sensitive technology during transport, storage, and deployment.
• Develop and validate packaging solutions for a large variety of environmental needs, including extreme and hazardous environments.
• Conduct material selection and supplier packaging evaluations to ensure packaging components meet technical requirements.
• Support the release and management of packaging design configuration within our internal tracking systems.

Packaging Validation, Testing and Risk Mitigation

• Define and support test and reliability teams in packaging validation and testing protocol.
• Establish failure analysis in process to identify weakness in packaging design and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with third party labs and customers to certify packaging solutions to meet defense industry standards.
• Lead risk assessments and investigations for packaging-related issues in transportation and storage.

Training, Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Develop internal training programs and guidelines to inform our engineering, production and field operations teams on packaging compliance and best practices.
• Maintain a centralized database of packaging standards, test reports, and regulatory documentation for reference for audit readiness and new packaging development reference.
• Serve as a packaging subject matter expert, advising leadership on packaging trends, risks and strategic improvements.

• Minimum of 7-9 years Industry Experience as a Packaging Engineer, Packaging Compliance Lead, or similar role.
• B.S. Degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with CAD, design, simulation, testing, and/or reliability modeling tools.
• Experience working on Advanced Hardware Systems
• Experience setting up the packaging initial framework for a product or program.
• Experience or familiarity with relevant defense packaging and transportation standards.
• Experience with packaging root cause analysis methodologies, risk management, and testing/validation.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• Experience working with DoD contracts, government procurement processes and defense logistics.
• Familiarity with MIL specs
• Knowledge of hazardous material packaging and compliance.
• Experience in sustainability initiatives, including recyclable, biodegradable, or reusable packaging solutions for defense applications.