Product Illustrator, Air Dominance & Strike

Product Illustrator, Air Dominance & Strike

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.

The product team partners with chief engineers and program managers to derive a clear and succinct vision of Anduril products and capabilities. As a product illustrator, you play a crucial role in the ability of our customers and engineering teams to understand and align around how autonomy should work and support battlefield missions. Because Anduril is a fast-growing company at the early stages of growth, members of Anduril's product team must be resourceful, creative and eager to take ownership of complex matters. Anduril is seeking a talented Product Illustrator to support the Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) Division. The AD&S Division is organized into three primary business lines: Mission Autonomy ("Lattice" for MA), Autonomous Air Power ("Fury" product line), and Advanced Effects ("Barracuda" product line). The ideal candidate will have prior experience in visual communications design, service design, and/or illustration. The position is partners closely with our chief engineers, SMEs, and product managers to visually convey autonomous concepts of operation (CONOPs). This role requires you to ask critical questions, to understand the technology and the mission, and to drive clear, standalone artifacts.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with chief engineers, subject matter experts and product managers to articulate their vision and narrative
• Design clear and concise service blueprints, storyboards, engineering diagrams, and CONOPS illustrations
• Create executive- and customer-quality artifacts that convey a strong and concise narrative

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human computer interaction, interaction design, technical illustration, or service design
• You are highly respected amongst your peers and/or counterparts and known as someone who gets things done
• Able to convey technical concepts and tell a story visually
• Prior experience with user research and/or collaborating with stakeholders to distill design requirements/needs
• Proficient in Figma and Creative Cloud (illustrator, photoshop, etc)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Location: Based in Costa Mesa, CA or Washington DC

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience depicting technical engineering or tactical concepts visually
• Prior experience creating and maintaining an asset library
• Aptitude in applying translating technical or military material to a non-technical or non-military audience
• Background in aerospace, defense, or industrial training programs
• Secret or Top Secret Clearance

All candidates must submit a design portfolio or complete a design activity for consideration.