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Anduril Mechanical Engineer Salary

Anduril's 13 open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $172k/yr, typically $154k–$252k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Anduril role
median $193k/yr
Anduril's mechanical engineers: 11% below it
Mechanical engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
Anduril: 19% above it
All US mechanical engineers, May 2025
median $104k/yr
Anduril's postings: 65% above it
Highest posted top
$292k/yr
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Space Special Programs

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Anduril mechanical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior4$187k/yr$183k–$234k/yr
Staff2Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Title names no level6$154k/yr$154k–$175k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Anduril hires mechanical engineers

  • Costa Mesa, CA11 roles, median $172k/yr
  • Chantilly, VA2 roles
  • Herndon, VA2 roles

Open Anduril roles for mechanical engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Questions about Anduril pay for mechanical engineers

How much does Anduril pay mechanical engineers?

Anduril's open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $172k/yr, typically $154k–$252k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures in 13 of its 13 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $292k/yr, for Principal Mechanical Engineer, Space Special Programs.

What does Anduril pay mechanical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $187k/yr (4 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Anduril pay mechanical engineers more than other space companies?

Anduril's median, $172k/yr, is 19% above the $145k/yr median of the 1,198 open roles for mechanical engineers at every space company we read (Anduril's among them).

Do mechanical engineers earn more than other roles at Anduril?

Anduril's roles for mechanical engineers post a median $172k/yr, 11% below the $193k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Anduril salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Anduril's pay for mechanical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of mechanical engineers at $104k/yr (May 2025); Anduril's posted median, $172k/yr, is 65% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Anduril hire mechanical engineers?

Its open roles for mechanical engineers are in Costa Mesa, CA (11), Chantilly, VA (2) and Herndon, VA (2).