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Salary: USD 200,000 - 253,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer with RF Aperture focus to join the Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team. This team develops end-to-end autonomous air systems delivering advanced warfighter capabilities.
In this role, you will own RF payloads from concept through production as the architect, responsible for delivering mission outcomes through judicious selection, sourcing, and validation of mission-relevant payloads and systems. You will begin with mission-level outcomes and drive to solutions through modeling, domain expertise, and vendor engagement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own RF payloads (existing or new) from concept through production as the architect
- Select and design or source antennas for payload integration onto vehicles
- Estimate installed antenna performance through simulation, then validate with chamber and/or free-space radiating measurements
- Perform co-site analysis of other installed RF systems through analysis and measurement
- Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes
- Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, and employment
- Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance with subject matter experts
- Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for mission-level modeling and simulation tools
- Validate system performance in close cooperation with test and integration engineers
- Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate and deliver high-performance systems to 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
REQUIREMENTS:
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Experience with RF chamber measurements and network analyzers
- 2+ years experience with HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator)
- 2+ years in antenna design or integration (more experience preferred)
- 5+ 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 (MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys)
- Advanced communications experience (secure LPx line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, tactical data links)
- Advanced sensing domain experience (EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)
- Experience with missile design and integration
