Senior Systems Engineer, Maritime Theater Orchestration & Collaboration

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. in Quincy, MA is seeking a Chief Engineer for Maritime Integrated Systems to lead the technical development of maritime products from concept to delivery.

You will work with Anduril’s Strategy team and customers to ensure requirements tie to inputs and traceability to program decisions. You will leverage your systems engineering expertise and leadership to build cross-functional teams, guide design decisions, and rapidly drive concept designs toward fieldable solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years experience with technical leadership and systems engineering on defense systems or weapon programs.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Travel 25% to Customer and Test Sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the initial design, prototyping, capability verification, and delivery of a maritime autonomous weapon system.
• Manage the initial design of the system and subsystems including system architecture development, requirements definition, system and sub-system trades and optimization, risk management etc.
• Perform systems engineering and trade analyses to enable exploration and rapid iteration of early conceptual designs, with SMEs and strategic growth team.
• Coordinate with manufacturing and supply chain to embed design for manufacturing in concepts and mature for full-rate production.
• Work with senior leadership to ensure resource plans are adequate for work scope.
• Oversee technical execution of the generation of a new surface product for Anduril Maritime.
• Define key capabilities, milestones, and demonstrations to enable continuous development of autonomous systems.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Defense systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, or equivalent

Job description

Chief Engineer, Maritime Integrated Systems

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

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's Maritime Division is responsible for planning and executing Anduril's product and revenue roadmap for maritime missions. Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, and operations, the Maritime team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril maritime capabilities in a challenging operational environment worldwide. As a leader in the Maritime Division, you must be a technical leader with the expertise to evaluate, qualify, manage, and advocate for an increasing number of sophisticated parallel pursuits. This role is crucial in ensuring that each initiative aligns with the company's strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing, balancing innovation with practical execution to drive the business line's success.

ABOUT THE JOB

You will lead the technical development of maritime products from concept to delivery. You will work closely with Anduril’s Strategy team and strategic opportunity customers to develop these designs so that requirements are tied to customer inputs and there is traceability to program office technical decisions.

Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience in programmatic level decision will play a key component in making sure the right design/analysis/ and test steps are being completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead and manage the initial design, prototyping, capability verification, and delivery of a maritime autonomous weapon system
• Manage the initial design of the system and subsystems including system architecture development, requirements definition, system and sub-system trades and optimization, risk management etc. to ensure the appropriate consideration of design key performance parameters, schedule, costs, and risks to shape the product
• Perform systems engineering and trade analyses to enable the exploration and rapid iteration of early conceptual designs, while working closely with technical SME’s and strategic growth team to provide creative solutions to current and future gaps in the DOD capability. Ensure that the warfighter is provided with the best solution for current and future conflicts.
• Coordinate closely with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure design for manufacturing is embedded in early concepts and matured to support full rate production at scale. Drive product differentiation through manufacturing capability and novel manufacturing techniques
• Work with senior leadership to ensure resource plans are adequate for work scope
• Oversee technical execution of the generation of a new surface product for Anduril Maritime
• Define key capabilities, milestones, and demonstrations to enable continuous development and maturation of autonomous systems

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, or equivalent, or proven experience in a relevant field
• Minimum of 15 years experience with technical leadership and systems engineering on defense systems or weapon programs
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Travel 25% to Customer and Test Sites

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated understanding of multi-domain unmanned and autonomous weapon system development and employment
• Demonstrated engineering management capability; proven technical and personnel leadership qualities
• Experience in technical leadership of weapon or defense system programs from initial concept design through transition to full development, testing and qualification, and rate manufacture
• Strong understanding of autonomous system architecture and overall design approach for unmanned weapons systems
• Experience working on mission critical DOD systems
• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams focused around a common vision

US Salary Range

$191,000 - $253,000 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:

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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