SEIT Lead

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer to own the vehicle requirements baseline, interfaces, and the verification plan for a maritime autonomous vehicle, and to run the campaign that brings it from subsystems to water-ready operation.

You will lead the SEIT function, direct the MBSE systems engineer, and align across structures, energy, propulsion, communications, and vehicle management to retire risk through disciplined testing; travel up to 25% to test sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 8+ years in systems engineering on complex hardware and software vehicles.
• At least 2 years leading integration and test.
• Experience owning requirements and interface baselines across multiple subsystem teams.
• Experience planning and executing verification campaigns on physical hardware.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle requirements baseline, from program requirements down to subsystem specifications.
• Own interface management: ICDs, interface control, and change control across subsystems.
• Define and own the verification and validation plan, including the requirements verification matrix.
• Plan and run the integration and test campaign: bench, SITL, HITL, dockside, and at-sea.
• Own vehicle technical budgets: mass, volume, power, energy, and buoyancy.
• Chair design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and drive actions to closure.
• Lead test readiness and anomaly resolution during at-sea testing.
• Direct the MBSE systems engineer and set how the system model is used on the program.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and operational locations.

Skills

Systems engineering

Integration and test leadership

Requirements ownership

Interface management

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

MBSE

SysML

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Maritime Division is transforming American sea power to meet the defining national security challenges of our era and secure our future of maritime dominance.

We are scaling at an historic pace, anchored by Arsenal-2, our new software-defined shipyard being built in Baltimore County, Maryland. It’s part of a new $6.6 billion investment in America’s submarine industrial base.

Arsenal-2 is purpose-built to break long-standing industrial bottlenecks and scale production of critical components for the Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines to support fleet requirements. At the same time, it will build the industrial muscle to field our next-generation AUVs at scale.

We aren’t waiting for the new shipyard to be completed. The work on this transformation starts right now, with development inside our new 160,000 square foot Proto-Factory in Orange County, California, where the team is already laying the foundation. As the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2, this facility gives us a multi-year head start, proving out the advanced manufacturing methods, digital workflows, and quality systems that will scale across our broader shipyard network.

In Anduril’s Maritime Division, we are actively building America’s next decisive advantage at sea—and this is the moment to join us.

ABOUT THE JOB

You will own requirements, interfaces, and the verification plan for a maritime autonomous vehicle, and run the campaign that takes it from separate subsystem deliveries to a vehicle that works in the water. You will lead the SEIT function and direct the MBSE systems engineer supporting it.

Subsystem teams across structures, energy, propulsion, communications, and vehicle management are designing in parallel against interfaces that do not fully exist yet. This role writes those interfaces down, holds teams to them, and decides what gets tested in what order to retire the most risk per dive. [HM to confirm before posting: number of subsystem teams, first in-water date, depth rating, how much in-water time the program has.]

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own the vehicle requirements baseline, from program requirements down to subsystem specifications
• Own interface management: ICDs, interface control, and change control across subsystems
• Define and own the verification and validation plan, including the requirements verification matrix
• Plan and run the integration and test campaign: bench, SITL, HITL, dockside, and at-sea
• Own vehicle technical budgets: mass, volume, power, energy, and buoyancy
• Chair design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and drive actions to closure
• Lead test readiness and anomaly resolution during at-sea testing
• Direct the MBSE systems engineer and set how the system model is used on the program
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and operational locations

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• 8+ years in systems engineering on complex hardware and software vehicles, including at least 2 years leading integration and test
• Experience owning requirements and interface baselines across multiple subsystem teams
• Experience planning and executing verification campaigns on physical hardware
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with AUV, UUV, submarine, spacecraft, or aircraft integration and test
• Experience with MBSE and SysML, either owning a system model or consuming one
• Experience leading at-sea or remote field test campaigns
• Experience on a program where the requirements baseline did not exist yet
• Experience in defense or maritime robotics

US Salary Range

$220,000—$292,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

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