Senior Chief Engineer, Air Defense Systems (USMC)

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company delivering autonomous systems and sensor fusion for Marine Corps air defense programs. As Chief Engineer, you own architecture, integration, field readiness, and sustainment for both installation and maneuver-oriented programs, balancing readiness, cost, and performance across sites.

You will lead technical decision-making, coordinate with product and field teams, and guide demonstrations and customer engagements to ensure feasible, secure, and

Qualifications

• Engineering, science, or technical degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of systems or engineering experience with technical ownership on fielded systems.
• End-to-end technical accountability for whether a delivered system worked in an operational environment, not only for producing its design artifacts.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Serve as Chief Engineer for Air Defense's U.S. Marine Corps programs and own system architecture, integration strategy, fielding readiness, and sustainment outcomes across the fielded installation program and the maneuver programs and pursuits.
• Maintain the engineering baseline for a fleet deployed across many sites as it transitions to a next-generation sensor and compute configuration, and manage engineering change across sites.
• Turn Marine Corps operational concepts for dismounted, mounted, and expeditionary counter-UAS into deployable systems within size, weight, and power limits and own integration onto vehicles and platforms.
• Review what product teams and business development plan to show the customer before they show it, and communicate engineering constraints clearly.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical ownership

Cross-team leadership

Defense domain

Security clearance readiness

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company delivering autonomous systems and sensor fusion for Marine Corps air defense programs. As Chief Engineer, you own architecture, integration, field readiness, and sustainment for both installation and maneuver-oriented programs, balancing readiness, cost, and performance across sites.

You will lead technical decision-making, coordinate with product and field teams, and guide demonstrations and customer engagements to ensure feasible, secure, and