Senior Sensor Engineer – Multi-Modal Sensing for Air Defense

Anduril-1; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Sensor Engineer to join our Air Defense team. You will lead integration of sensor modalities—from RF and radar front ends to EO/IR, acoustic arrays, and other detection hardware—through conceptual design, system integration and field deployment.

You will collaborate with the effector, autonomy, and Lattice teams to turn detections into closed engagements, represent the company to external partners, and help define verification strategies for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of sensor engineering experience or equivalent.
• Experience with multi-modal sensor architectures and detection physics.
• Ability to own a complex system across design, integration, test and production.
• Experience specifying and verifying sensing performance quantitatively.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own sensor hardware integrations end to end, from requirements through architecture, block diagram, and simulation.
• Evaluate performance of RF/radar, EO/IR, acoustic sensors, and other modalities; drive verification and validation strategies.
• Integrate sensor hardware with the kill chain, collaborating with effector, autonomy, and Lattice teams to convert detection into a closed engagement.
• Represent Anduril externally as a technical authority on airborne sensing, including standards and industry bodies.

Skills

sensor architecture

system ownership

sensor verification

US work authorization

security clearance

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

AFSIM modeling

I2C

SPI

UART

RS-422/485

Ethernet

PCIe

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Sensor Engineer to join our Air Defense team. You will lead integration of sensor modalities—from RF and radar front ends to EO/IR, acoustic arrays, and other detection hardware—through conceptual design, system integration and field deployment.

You will collaborate with the effector, autonomy, and Lattice teams to turn detections into closed engagements, represent the company to external partners, and help define verification strategies for