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Salary: USD 191,000 - 253,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology. The company's Lattice OS is an AI-powered operating system that converts thousands of data streams into real-time 3D command and control centers.
You will manage the Mission Autonomy Systems Engineering team (Group 5), leading a homeroom of up to 15 engineers. Your responsibilities include owning Group 5 Mission Autonomy business outcomes, advocating for systems engineering rigor in a fast-paced software environment, and collaborating with systems engineering and software engineering leadership across the organization.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage the Mission Autonomy Systems Engineering homeroom and team of engineers
- Own business outcomes for Group 5 Mission Autonomy
- Advocate for systems engineering rigor and best practices in a high-velocity software development environment
- Develop and maintain systems engineering frameworks and processes that streamline artifact delivery across multiple programs
- Build team capability in Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts
- Collaborate with other systems engineering and software engineering leads
- Guide digital engineering strategy to complement Mission Software Engineering, Product Engineering, and Business Development teams
- Provide Model Based Systems Engineering and Requirements Based Testing artifacts in support of product development, delivery, and sustainment of advanced mission autonomy systems
The role is based in Costa Mesa, California or Washington, DC.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or similar engineering/technical field
- 10+ years of systems engineering experience across the full lifecycle
- Demonstrated ability developing autonomy solutions for commercial or defense applications
- Demonstrated ability integrating and testing autonomy solutions as part of higher-level vehicle behavior
- Demonstrated ability with requirements-based testing frameworks
- Experience managing multiple teams up to 15 engineers
- Experience designing systems using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods in SysML
- Outstanding communication skills including presentation of developed artifacts
- Experience with software development and associated tools/infrastructure (GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, etc.)
- Experience advocating for systems engineering practices in challenging or indifferent internal work environments
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently possesses and able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- Experience defining or implementing Mission Autonomy behaviors through UCI
- Experience with automation in Cameo or Python relevant to systems engineering use cases
