Senior Systems Engineer

Anduril Industries; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 143,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Health & wellness program

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Boulder, CO is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer to transition a Ladar product from EDU to EMD and into high-rate production, scaling build capacity to tens of units per month. You will bridge design and manufacturing, lead testing campaigns, and help mature hardware and software for TRL readiness.

A successful candidate will collaborate across optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, and manufacturing teams, driving DVT, CDR, and MRR milestones while

Qualifications

• 5+ years hardware-centric systems engineering with EO/Ladar or high-precision pointing systems.
• Experience transitioning systems from low TRL to production-ready with DFM/UUT focus.
• Strong familiarity with DVT campaigns, environmental testing, and field tests.
• Knowledge of test equipment ruggedization and test automation concepts.
• Experience leading CDR, MRR, or PRR type milestone reviews.
• Excellent cross-disciplinary communication across optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, software and manufacturing.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Python for data analysis and modeling.
• Lab skills including design of experiments and lab testing.
• Willing to travel to test sites as required.
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Drive EDU-to-EMD transition and ensure EDU builds are ready for field testing.
• Design and execute a comprehensive DVT campaign to qualify the system.
• Lead preparation for CDR and MRR with verified documentation and matrices.
• Scale production by applying DFM principles and ruggedizing test equipment.
• Architect and implement test automation and integrate software with hardware test flows.
• Develop physics-based models of sensor performance and validate with data.
• Support both lab-based and field experiments and demonstrations.

Skills

EO/Ladar domain expertise

Development-to-production

Testing & environmental qualification

Production scaling mindset

Milestone execution

Collaboration & communication

MATLAB

Python

Laboratory skills

Willingness to travel

US security clearance

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

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The team is heavily involved in utilizing computer vision, perception, electro-optical, infrared, and sensor data to give our war fighters and allies an advantage.

About The Job

We are seeking a hands‑on Systems Engineer to join our team as we transition a Ladar product from the Engineering Development Unit (EDU) phase through Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), and ultimately into high-rate production. You will play a pivotal role in scaling our build capacity to 10s of units per month. You will bridge the gap between design and manufacturing, lead rigorous testing campaigns, and help mature our hardware and software systems to achieve high Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) ahead of our upcoming Critical Design Review (CDR) and Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR). A successful candidate will have a strong background in Electro‑Optical (EO) systems, precision pointing, and a passion for transitioning complex hardware from R&D to the production floor.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the EDU-to-EMD Transition: Oversee the deployment and test of our EDU builds, ensuring they are fully prepared to support field testing to demonstrate system capability and performance.
• Lead Qualification & Testing: Design and execute a comprehensive Design Verification Testing (DVT) campaign to environmentally test and qualify the system.
• Prepare for Major Milestones: Author technical documentation, define verification matrices, and lead systems-level preparation for upcoming Critical Design Reviews (CDR) and Manufacturing Readiness Reviews (MRR).
• Scale for Production: Collaborate with manufacturing and hardware teams to implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles. Scale our production capabilities from a few units per year to a target volume of ~10s of systems per month.
• Optimize Test Infrastructure: Architect, design, and ruggedize manufacturing test equipment for efficiency, throughput, and reliability on the production floor.
• Automate & Integrate: Collaborate with software and firmware teams to implement robust test automation, while pushing the user interface (UI) and background software towards product-level maturity.
• Adapt or derive physics-based models of sensor system performance and derive requirements based on those models, and validate models against laboratory and real world data.
• Support both laboratory-based and field-based experiments and demonstrations.

Required Qualifications

• EO/Ladar Domain Expertise: 5+ years of hardware-centric systems engineering experience working with Electro-Optical (EO) systems, Ladar/Lidar, or high-precision pointing systems.
• Development-to-Production Experience: Direct experience transitioning complex, multidisciplinary systems from low Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) to high TRL / production-ready status.
• Testing & Environmental Qualification: Strong familiarity with DVT campaigns, environmental testing standards, and field testing operations.
• Production Scaling Mindset: Practical knowledge of Design for Manufacturing (DFM), test equipment ruggedization, and test process optimization/automation.
• Milestone Execution: Experience leading or heavily contributing to systems engineering reviews such as CDR, MRR, or PRR.
• Collaboration & Communication: Outstanding ability to communicate across multidisciplinary teams (optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, and manufacturing).
• Advanced proficiency in an analytical toolchains/languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python)
• Strong laboratory skills (e.g. design of experiments)
• Willingness to travel to test sites.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software/hardware integration, specifically defining software interfaces, UI productization, and background software requirements.
• Experience with software/firmware automated test frameworks.
• Knowledge of current and next-generation advanced sensing systems and platforms.

US Salary Range

$143,000—$191,000 USD

Benefits

• 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:
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