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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced autonomous systems, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology. The Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team is seeking a Senior Mission Systems Engineer to deliver mission outcomes through payload and systems selection, sourcing, and validation.
In this role, you will own mission-level outcomes and drive solutions through modeling, domain expertise, and vendor engagement. You will take ownership of subcontractor and internal technical development efforts, working across Anduril teams to integrate capabilities. The ideal candidate enjoys building and delivering next-generation autonomous capabilities through rigorous modeling, system trades analysis, and vehicle integration.
Key responsibilities include:
- 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
- Communications, sensors, and effector domain expertise in one or more of Radar, EO/IR, RF, and EW systems
- Experience with missile design and integration
