Flight Test Avionics Technician, Manager
Anduril IndustriesCosta Mesa, California, United States; Victorville, California, United StatesPosted 3 March 2026
Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p>This position will be filled by a highly motivated Flight Test Avionics Technician, Manager with a passion for developmental flight test of new and revolutionary products contributing valued mechanical expertise in all fields of aircraft maintenance. You will combine your outstanding technical skills and extensive flight test experience with strong leadership and people management to drive operational excellence and innovation. You will work heavily with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments to help build a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever.<br><br>The Test and Evaluation team at Anduril works across the entire spectrum of products and business lines, as well as all flight operations and test range management. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new production acceptance testing, sub-component qualification testing and much more. In short, if it involves test, we support it. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in the products that are fielded this a fantastic opportunity.<br><br><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO</strong></p>
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<li>Implement and monitor standardized procedures for maintenance and upgrades.</li>
<li>Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system reliability and performance.</li>
<li>Managing budgets, schedules, and resources to ensure timely completion of projects.</li>
<li>Plan and oversee avionics projects from concept to implementation.</li>
<li>Manage recruitment, training, and performance reviews.</li>
<li>Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between systems engineers, technicians, and other departments.</li>
<li>Service, troubleshoot, repair, inspect, and maintain aircraft avionics and ground support equipment in support of test operations and sustainment activities in accordance with maintenance documentation.</li>
<li>Modify, install, and test electronics and mechanical equipment as part of customer and company modification and test efforts.</li>
<li>Correct major and minor discrepancies by removal, repair, or replacement of defective avionics, electrical, payloads and subsystems</li>
<li>Perform scheduled maintenance and functional checks on aircraft avionics, electrical, and subsystems.</li>
<li>Ability to fabricate, upgrade and modify aircraft harnesses, coax cables and fiber optic as well as install and checkout with limited engineering guidance.</li>
<li>Load and maintain software configuration on Aircraft and Ground Segment.</li>
<li>Extensive experience with software loads and regressions in a development environment.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain aircraft and subsystems including landing gear, fuel system, flight control, and propulsion.</li>
<li>Conduct a variety of aircraft ground operations including Launch, Recovery, and Ground Engine run-up.</li>
<li>Perform standard preflight maintenance on prototype and experimental aircraft.</li>
<li>Complete aircraft and equipment documentation.</li>
<li>Perform proper FOD and tool control practices.</li>
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<p><strong>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
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<li>Excellent communication ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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