Senior Mission Systems Engineer, EO/IR & Autonomy

AI Chopping Block, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer for the AD&S team to deliver end-to-end autonomous air systems. You will select, source, and validate mission-relevant payloads and systems, driving from mission outcomes to integrated solutions with internal teams and subcontractors.

The role emphasizes physics-based modeling, system trades, and vehicle integration, with opportunities to own subcontractor programs and collaborate across engineering disciplines.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance is required.
• 2+ years experience in seeker design and development.
• 2+ years in payload integration and validation; more is better.
• 8+ years in a relevant science/engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver mission outcomes.
• Architect autonomous payload and system concepts, requirements, interfaces, and employment.
• Develop physics-based models of payload system performance.
• Develop validated models for mission-level modeling and simulation tools.
• Validate system performance with test and integration engineers.
• Manage subcontractors or internal teams to define subsystem requirements and drive performance on schedule.
• Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally.

Skills

Security clearance

Payload design

System modeling

Domain expertise (Radar/EO/IR/RF/EW)

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

COMSOL

Ansys

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer for the AD&S team to deliver end-to-end autonomous air systems. You will select, source, and validate mission-relevant payloads and systems, driving from mission outcomes to integrated solutions with internal teams and subcontractors.

The role emphasizes physics-based modeling, system trades, and vehicle integration, with opportunities to own subcontractor programs and collaborate across engineering disciplines.