Lead Space Ground Systems Chief Engineer

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Colorado Springs, Costa Mesa, Washington (CO, CA, District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Chief Software Engineer for Space Ground Systems to lead the technical strategy and delivery of ground C2 systems that enable Space Domain Awareness. You will guide a multi-disciplinary team across backend services, mission data processing, and operator workflows from design through secure deployment.

The role requires hands-on experience with distributed architectures, telemetry pipelines, and container orchestration, plus proven collaboration with DoD customers.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering defense ground systems for satellite C2.
• Expertise in Space Domain Awareness ground processing and space operations.
• Ability to decompose complex mission requirements into executable roadmaps.
• Security accreditation and deployment in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across ground C2 architecture and mission data processing.
• Serve as the technical authority on the program and ensure technical scope meets customer needs.
• Lead architecture development for SDA ground processing and space control C2 systems.
• Oversee end-to-end lifecycle from architecture trades to deployment in air-gapped environments.
• Collaborate with partners to build new ground products satisfying customer requirements.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Space Domain Awareness

Technical leadership

System architecture

Defense/DoD program experience

Tools

Go

C++

Python

Rust

Java

Kubernetes

Docker

gRPC/REST

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Chief Software Engineer for Space Ground Systems to lead the technical strategy and delivery of ground C2 systems that enable Space Domain Awareness. You will guide a multi-disciplinary team across backend services, mission data processing, and operator workflows from design through secure deployment.

The role requires hands-on experience with distributed architectures, telemetry pipelines, and container orchestration, plus proven collaboration with DoD customers.