Chief Architect, Space Ground Systems

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Chief Software Engineer for Space Ground Systems. You will lead a broad set of ground C2 systems, including SDA, space control, and mission data processing, across multiple sites in the United States.

You will drive design, build, test, and delivery in distributed backends and orchestrate deployments in classified environments. You’ll provide technical strategy and oversight from pre-award through deployment, aligning with government

Qualifications

• Hands-on architecting and delivering defense ground systems for satellite C2.
• Deep domain knowledge in SDA ground processing and space control workflows.
• Experience with distributed backend architectures and mission data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across ground C2 architecture and mission data processing.
• Maintain technical integrity and baseline of the program with the PM.
• Lead architecture for SDA ground processing and space control systems.
• Navigate deployments into classified/air-gapped environments with end-to-end go-live.
• Engage partnerships to build new ground products for contested environments.
• Provide mentorship to a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Go/C++/Python/Rust/Java

Mission data processing

Telemetry & TT&C workflows

Security clearance readiness

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

gRPC/REST

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Chief Software Engineer for Space Ground Systems. You will lead a broad set of ground C2 systems, including SDA, space control, and mission data processing, across multiple sites in the United States.

You will drive design, build, test, and delivery in distributed backends and orchestrate deployments in classified environments. You’ll provide technical strategy and oversight from pre-award through deployment, aligning with government