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Anduril Industries

Principal Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance

costa mesa, CA

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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.

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril's Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to join our team. The AD&S team is responsible for developing end-to-end mission-ized autonomous air systems capable of delivering exceptional warfighter outcomes to our customers.

As a Mission Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering mission outcomes within Anduril programs through the judicious selection, sourcing, and validation of mission relevant payloads and systems. The right person for this role will have experience in payload conceptual development, selection, integration, and validation. You will begin with mission-level outcomes and drive to solutions through appropriate modeling, domain expertise, and vendor engagement. This will require taking ownership of subcontractor and/or internal technical development efforts and working across various Anduril internal teams to appropriately integrate capabilities. If you are someone who enjoys building and delivering compelling next-generation autonomous capabilities through rigorous modeling and exploration of system trades followed by actual vehicle integration, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader AD&S team

Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, & employment

Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance working closely with subject matter experts

Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for use in mission-level modeling & simulation tools

Validate system performance in close cooperation with test & integration engineers

Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate & deliver high-performance systems to our customers

Manage subcontractors and/or internal development teams to define subsystem requirements and drive technical performance on schedule

Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

2+ years of experience at the Architect level, or Chief Engineer

Owning full scope of new aircraft design

RF and IR expertise

Broad depth of experience

Understands more than just the first order of physics behind the systems they are building

15+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of current and next-generation advanced communications, sensing, and effector systems and platforms

Platform-level system trade and integration experience

Advanced proficiency in analytical toolchains or languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys)

Advanced communications experience (e.g., secure LPx line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, tactical data links)

Advanced sensing domain experience (e.g., EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)

US Salary Range: $220,000 - $290,000 USD

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you are supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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costa mesa, CA, 92626, US

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