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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Lead to join the Air Defense team supporting the IBCS-M program. IBCS-M is a heavily software-defined system that integrates first-party Anduril systems (Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, Wisp) and third-party partner systems onto a unified network and data fabric through SDKs, APIs, and secure connectivity.
In this role, you will own the technical thread end-to-end: driving SDK and interface integration for new first-party and third-party assets, defining and executing test campaigns that prove system performance in the field, maintaining requirements and configuration control as the system evolves across releases, and leading the program through major technical gate reviews. You will work daily across software engineering, test, and field teams, serving as the primary technical bridge between engineering teams, program management, and the customer.
Key responsibilities include:
- Direct integration across the system: Own physical and functional integration of IBCS-M subsystems, working with hardware, software, and vendor teams to ensure components integrate into a cohesive system. Drive SDK, API, and secure-connectivity integration for growing sets of first-party Anduril systems and third-party partner systems.
- Own test planning, execution, and validation: Define technical test approach, pass/fail criteria, and test procedures to prove the system meets operational requirements. Make engineering calls on whether results demonstrate readiness.
- Maintain technical baselines: Support configuration control, requirements traceability, and risk management across the system lifecycle, ensuring the team works against a known, controlled baseline.
- Lead milestone and gate reviews: Own technical content and outcomes of System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), determining technical readiness to proceed at each stage.
You will work closely with the program's Technical Program Manager, who owns sprint cadence, backlog management, and logistics around test events and reviews. This role suits someone who thinks in systems, is comfortable owning technical rigor (traceability, baselines, risk) without slowing down a fast-moving software program, and can represent the program credibly in front of both engineers and government stakeholders.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, integration, and test, ideally supporting a hardware/software system in a defense, national security, or aerospace environment
- Demonstrated experience leading system integration efforts across multiple engineering disciplines (hardware, software, and/or manufacturing)
- Hands-on experience planning, executing, and documenting system-level test campaigns to validate operational requirements
- Experience owning requirements traceability, configuration management, and/or risk management for a complex system program
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to represent technical status and decisions to both engineering teams and non-technical or government stakeholders
- Ability to work across hardware, software, and test disciplines and translate between them
- Must be able to obtain a minimum Secret Clearance
- Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with systems engineering in an autonomous systems, robotics, or air defense environment
- Experience integrating third-party or partner systems into a larger platform via SDKs, APIs, or similar interfaces
- Experience working in a rapidly iterating test environment with tight integration between development and test teams
- Experience with requirements and configuration management tools (Jama, Confluence/Jira)
- Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, an Engineering discipline, or related technical field; advanced degree a plus
