Electromagnetic Warfare Mission Support Engineer

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Support Engineer for Electromagnetic Warfare to keep deployed EW systems operating at peak performance.

You will serve as the critical link between fielded systems and engineering, feeding data, insights, and operational requirements to drive product improvements across multiple environments. Strong teamwork and hands-on problem solving are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ defense industry experience performing technical operations.
• Experience deploying complex software solutions.
• Experience with distributed communication networks and system-of-systems architectures.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate disaggregated networking systems.
• Desire to perform high-stakes, time-sensitive functions with real-world impact.
• Bias for action, extreme ownership, and self-driven motivation.
• Experience supporting incident-driven workflows.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and weekends, as needed.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SECRET security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational performance of deployed EW systems across multiple theaters, serving as the primary technical interface between field operations and engineering.
• Investigate and resolve system anomalies end-to-end — from detection through root cause isolation, corrective action, and post-incident documentation.
• Contribute to the validation and fielding of new EW software builds, including pre-deployment verification and operational acceptance testing.
• Leverage Linux diagnostics, log analysis, and command-line tooling to drive resolution and deploy cutting-edge software solutions.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to enhance fleet-wide monitoring, alerting, and health telemetry for EW assets.
• Aggregate and interpret field performance data to identify failure patterns and guide engineering investment decisions.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for customers, managing issues from identification to closure.
• Translate operational feedback into actionable input for product development and capability improvements.
• Develop and maintain deep technical fluency across the EW product portfolio.
• Travel to field sites, if desired and opportunities arise – not required.

Skills

Defense industry experience

Technical operations

Networking systems

Incident response

Security clearance

Excellent communication

Education

BS in STEM

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Jira

DataDog

Grafana

Nix/NixOS

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Support Engineer for Electromagnetic Warfare to keep deployed EW systems operating at peak performance.

You will serve as the critical link between fielded systems and engineering, feeding data, insights, and operational requirements to drive product improvements across multiple environments. Strong teamwork and hands-on problem solving are essential.