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Senior RF Systems Integration & Test Engineer

Anduril - Costa Mesa, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-16

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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior RF Systems Integration & Test Engineer to drive verification, automation, and operational deployment of next-generation Electronic Warfare (EW) systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional hardware, software, firmware, and RF teams to lead integration testing across subassemblies and full systems, from designing robust automated test suites and analyzing system telemetry to rapid failure triage and root-cause diagnosis. You will be instrumental in ensuring system reliability and serve as a technical liaison during system deployment, traveling to support internal and customer-facing flight tests and field demonstrations. Key responsibilities include: - Develop and maintain system-level test strategies, procedures, and test plans for Anduril's Electronic Warfare product lines - Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate and test new and existing EW products - Perform integration testing on subassemblies and full systems, spanning RF/digital hardware, firmware, embedded software, and application software layers - Design and implement automated tests to increase test coverage, repeatability, and overall testing efficiency - Triage and troubleshoot system-level failures observed during integration and characterization to rapidly identify root causes - Analyze system telemetry and test data to reproduce issues, validate software/hardware fixes, and ensure system reliability - Serve as a key technical liaison to deploy Anduril's integrated hardware-software products, ensuring they meet customer and operational needs - Travel to support flight tests and system demonstrations at both internal and customer-facing sites, validating Anduril's EW capabilities in real-world operational environments The role focuses on Electronic Warfare systems like Pulsar, tackling high-stakes mission sets including Counter-UAS, Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Direction Finding, and cognitive RF sensing in contested environments. REQUIREMENTS: - 8+ years of relevant industry experience with a strong focus on hardware, software, and system-level verification and validation testing - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field - Highly proficient with RF test equipment, including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, multimeters, oscilloscopes, and vector network analyzers - Comfortable navigating Linux environments, utilizing command-line interfaces, executing shell scripts, and working with debugging utilities - Experience using programming languages such as Python or MATLAB for data parsing, telemetry analysis, and test automation - Strong root-cause analysis and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex, system-level issues - Ability to travel up to 40% of the time to support testing, integration, and demonstrations at remote and outdoor field sites - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong organizational and interpersonal abilities - Currently hold and are able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Direct experience working with Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) and EW systems - Familiarity with common wireless communication protocols and their associated test methodologies - Understanding of military standards (such as MIL-STD-810 or MIL-STD-461) and spectrum regulatory test methods - Thrive in fast-paced, highly autonomous environments and can execute effectively with minimal direction - Experience using tools such as Jira and Confluence

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