Senior Systems Engineer (Warfighter Systems)

Engg; Bellevue, Costa Mesa (WA, CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the design and integration of complex defense systems for external partners.

You will own partner engagements end to end, translate field needs into scoped engineering work, and produce reference architectures, decision guides, and integration documentation.

This role requires 8+ years in systems engineering, strong writing, and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in systems engineering, solutions architecture, or related fields.
• Experience as technical lead to external engineering teams or developer-facing platforms.
• Ability to document decisions and track commitments on both sides.
• Strong technical writing with reference architectures and integration guides.

Responsibilities

• Lead partner engagements end to end; conduct technical exchanges and own integration design.
• Design across organizational boundaries; own cross-team problems spanning companies.
• Lead through design, orchestration, and proof of concept; establish reusable patterns.
• Create reference architectures, decision guidance, and integration documentation.
• Own intake; translate needs into scoped engineering work and document decisions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

External partner engagements

Technical writing

REST and gRPC integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

REST API

gRPC

Architecture design

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

Connected Warfare (CW): The Connected Warfare simulaivision builds systems to support global command and control missions. We create joint, time sensitive, multi domain, ubiquitous, connected mesh ecosystems. Our ecosystem enables connected warfare with disproportional impact by connecting every mac robot, human, and sensor in every domain, bringing together hundreds of thousands of end points across the globe. We are the substrate that provides the source of truth for time sensitive decision, effectively transforming the way that militaries close kills chains and enable mission autonomy.

Warfighter Systems (WS) : Warfighter Systems brings cutting-edge technology directly to those on the front lines. Wearable tech, immersive mission command tools, and seamlessly integrated software and hardware create an ecosystem that enhances situational awareness, survivability, and combat effectiveness. From training to battlefield operations, Anduril’s Warfighter Systems organization designs tools that move at the speed of war, ensuring that soldiers are better connected, more lethal, and more resilient.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a strong and talented Senior Systems Engineer to manage the design and integration of complex systems, ensuring they meet requirements and specifications. You will lead the technical engagements that bring new partners onto the platform: conducting technical exchanges with their engineering teams, establishing the integration design, decomposing the resulting requirements into engineering work, and authoring the reference material other teams build from.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Lead partner engagements end to end; Conduct the technical exchange, own the integration design, and drive open items to written resolution across both organizations. Design across organizational boundaries; Own the problems that span several engineering teams and more than one company, where no single team owns the answer. You lead through design, orchestration, and proof of concept. Establish reusable patterns; Convert what recurs across engagements into reference architectures, decision guidance, and integration documentation, and define the standard other teams document to. Own the intake process; Translate partner and field needs into scoped, prioritized engineering work, and return a documented decision on each request.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. Experience: 8+ years in systems engineering, solutions architecture, integration engineering, technical program management, forward-deployed engineering , model based system engineering or systems modeling language. Ownership across an organizational boundary: Experience as the technical lead to an external engineering team, or as the owner of a developer-facing platform surface with external or internal customers. Technical program execution: Demonstrated ability to conduct a technical working session, hold a substantive technical position within it, document the resulting decisions, and track outstanding commitments on both sides. Technical writing: Reference architectures and integration guides an engineer can follow to completion. A writing sample is required. Communication across audiences: Demonstrated ability to convey the same technical decision to a partner's engineering team and to a senior military stakeholder. Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

DoD delivery experience: accreditation and authorization processes, multiple classification enclaves, and operation in disconnected or bandwidth-constrained environments. Co-development experience with a defense prime, systems integrator, or defense technology company on a jointly delivered capability. Developer experience work: documentation as a product, SDKs, developer portals, onboarding automation. Domain fluency in command and control, geospatial systems, data fabrics, tactical networking, or sensor-to-effector integration. Architecture judgment in API- and service-based systems: Demonstrated ability to design and critique a REST or gRPC integration, an authentication flow (OIDC, service credentials, secretless), a schema or data contract, and an event stream. Reads specifications and source code fluently.

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 .