Senior RF Systems Engineer, Cyber

Anduril Industries; Washington; On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries Cyber is seeking an experienced RF Systems Engineer to lead end-to-end architecture, requirements, and integration for complex defense systems. You will collaborate with hardware, software, and field teams to translate needs into coherent designs.

Ideal candidates bring senior hands-on experience across RF, DSP, and mixed-signal domains, and can balance performance with manufacturability, risk, and schedules while communicating clearly to mixed audiences.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in systems engineering for RF, digital, or mixed-signal systems with real ownership of architecture and integration outcomes.
• Broad RF systems understanding, including receiver/transmitter chains, timing/synchronization concerns, and practical integration constraints.
• Ability to lead technical trade studies across performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and schedule.
• Experience working directly with customers or external stakeholders in technical reviews, requirements discussions, or architecture briefings.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end RF and system architecture trade studies across hardware, software, DSP, integration, and operational constraints.
• Develop requirements, verification strategies, interface definitions, and engineering artifacts that keep complex programs technically coherent.
• Lead technical reviews, customer-facing discussions, and cross-disciplinary design decisions with clear engineering judgment.
• Drive integration problem-solving across lab, field, and production-oriented contexts while balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, and schedule.
• Use structured systems-engineering methods to identify risks, close gaps, and improve confidence in the overall architecture.
• Serve as a player-coach technical leader who can move fluidly between deep technical details and broader program-level tradeoffs.

Skills

RF systems engineering

Requirements development

Interface definition

Verification planning

Technical risk management

Tools

FPGA/SoC platforms

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 Cyber is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of capabilities to enable offensive cyber missions. Cyber is a new business line at Anduril, and relies upon our fleet of autonomous vehicles, Lattice operating system, mesh networks, and other hardware products to engage in cyber operations at the edge. We design and build novel solutions to deploy cyber capabilities in unconventional or difficult to reach environments Anduril Cyber is hiring a Software Engineer focused on embedded and mission software integration. Strong candidates may lean more heavily toward embedded-platform or mission/backend work, but should be comfortable collaborating across adjacent layers that connect devices, operators, and data products.

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril Cyber is hiring an RF Systems Engineer with broad technical range across RF architecture, systems engineering, verification, field integration, and cross-functional technical leadership. The role is aimed at a senior hands‑on engineer who can connect requirements, design trades, integration realities, and productization decisions across the full system.

• Own end-to-end RF and system architecture trade studies across hardware, software, DSP, integration, and operational constraints.
• Develop requirements, verification strategies, interface definitions, and engineering artifacts that keep complex programs technically coherent.
• Lead technical reviews, customer-facing discussions, and cross-disciplinary design decisions with clear engineering judgment.
• Drive integration problem‑solving across lab, field, and production‑oriented contexts while balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, and schedule.
• Use structured systems‑engineering methods to identify risks, close gaps, and improve confidence in the overall architecture.
• Serve as a player‑coach technical leader who can move fluidly between deep technical details and broader program‑level tradeoffs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong experience in systems engineering for RF, digital, or mixed‑signal systems with real ownership of architecture and integration outcomes.
• Demonstrated skill in requirements development, interface definition, verification planning, and technical risk management.
• Broad RF systems understanding, including receiver/transmitter chains, timing/synchronization concerns, and practical integration constraints.
• Ability to lead technical trade studies across performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and schedule.
• Experience working directly with customers or external stakeholders in technical reviews, requirements discussions, or architecture briefings.
• Hands‑on problem‑solving ability across software, hardware, networking, and field integration boundaries.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make complex systems understandable to mixed audiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with reverse engineering legacy systems or reconstructing architecture where documentation is incomplete.
• Background with FPGA/SoC‑based platforms, high‑speed digital systems, or multi‑disciplinary hardware development programs.
• Familiarity with qualification/compliance‑oriented verification environments and structured engineering lifecycle processes.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading small technical teams through design, integration, and field support phases.
• Track record of productization‑oriented decision making in addition to early‑phase system architecture work.

US Salary Range: $166,000 — $220,000 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

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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