Senior Systems Engineer — Warfighter Systems & Integration Lead

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 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.