Expeditionary AI Systems Engineer - Containerized Edge Compute

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Systems Engineer to own the full lifecycle of system engineering for expeditionary, containerized command centers and sensing platforms. You will drive architecture trades across mechanical, electrical, software, and power domains, ensuring rigorous requirements and traceability for fielded products.

Travel to field exercises and customer sites is expected; U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance are required as part of working on sensitive

Qualifications

• 2–6 years of systems engineering experience in a complex, multidisciplinary environment.
• Ability to work across engineering disciplines—mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing teams.
• Strong requirements development and documentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop system architectures and lead design trades across mechanical, electrical, software, thermal, and power domains.
• Decompose operational needs into system and subsystem requirements with traceability, testability, and allocation.
• Create and maintain SE artifacts including ICDs, block diagrams, ConOps, and requirements specs.
• Drive SWaP, transportability, survivability, and human factors trades from day one.
• Lead and support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) with cross‑functional alignment.

Skills

Requirements development

Written communication

Cross-disciplinary work

System architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline

Tools

Cameo

MBSE/SysML

Jama

DOORS

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Systems Engineer to own the full lifecycle of system engineering for expeditionary, containerized command centers and sensing platforms. You will drive architecture trades across mechanical, electrical, software, and power domains, ensuring rigorous requirements and traceability for fielded products.

Travel to field exercises and customer sites is expected; U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance are required as part of working on sensitive