Mission Systems Engineer - Autonomous Air Dominance

AI Chopping Block; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to lead the end-to-end development of autonomous air systems, focusing on payload selection, integration, and validation to deliver mission outcomes.

You will model performance, work with vendors and internal teams, and own subcontractor development efforts. This role demands extensive experience and TS clearance, with a strong emphasis on systems engineering and rigorous analysis.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret clearance is required.
• Extensive experience in physics-based modeling of system performance.
• 8+ years in payload integration and validation.
• 15+ years in relevant science or engineering fields.

Responsibilities

• Conduct trades for payload and system concepts to meet mission goals.
• Architect autonomous payload and system solution concepts and interfaces.
• Develop physics-based and validated models for mission-level analysis.
• Create and adapt models for use in simulation tools.
• Validate system performance with test and integration teams.
• Coordinate with subcontractors and internal teams to meet schedule.
• Communicate results clearly to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Physics-based modeling

Payload integration experience

System-level modeling & simulation

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

COMSOL

Ansys

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to lead the end-to-end development of autonomous air systems, focusing on payload selection, integration, and validation to deliver mission outcomes.

You will model performance, work with vendors and internal teams, and own subcontractor development efforts. This role demands extensive experience and TS clearance, with a strong emphasis on systems engineering and rigorous analysis.