Staff Systems Engineer

Anduril Industries; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA to lead the full life cycle of spacecraft systems, from design to operations. You will maintain and manage requirements, risks, budgets, and trade studies, interfacing with customers and internal stakeholders.

You will act as an individual contributor and team lead, mentoring staff while helping develop system and mission designs and concepts for rapid, mission-critical space capabilities.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in an engineering or technical field relevant to spacecraft.
• Proven track record leading systems engineering on space programs.
• Experience creating and reviewing design artifacts (CoDR/SDR/PDR/CDR, etc).
• Strong communication skills and customer-facing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own full life cycle design, development, integration & test for spacecraft systems.
• Mentor and grow the Space Special Programs team.
• Maintain and manage requirements, risks, budgets, and trade studies.
• Interface with customers and internal stakeholders on progress.
• Lead internal guidelines for space flight hardware design, test, manufacture, and operations.
• Prepare and present system design documentation and reviews.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Spacecraft systems

Requirements development

Design reviews

Trade studies

Clearance eligibility

US citizenship

Education

B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering

M.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering

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

In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel. Working across product, engineering, sales,logistics, operations, and mission success, the Space Special Programs team develops, tests, deploys, andoperatesnew, unique, space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Staff Systems Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for the full life cycle of design, development, integration & test, and operations for spacecraft and associated systems including maintaining and managing requirements, risks, budgets, and trade studies; interfacing with the other spacecraft disciplines to assure the system is meeting requirements and goals; and interfacing with customers and internal stakeholders to communicate progress. You are expected to be an individual contributor as well as the team lead. Additionally, you willbe responsible forhelping develop the systemand missiondesigns& concepts,and, as the expert systems engineer,for mentoring and growing your team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work with a cross-functional team to design market leading hardware products
• Drive product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities
• Apply modern space-flight hardware design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable systems
• Develop, track, andmaintainsystem requirements and work with other disciplines to assure the overall system as well as subsystems are meeting, testing, and verifying compliance with the requirements
• Define, track, andmaintainprogram risks and risk burn-down plans
• Define, track, andmaintainsystem budgets
• Lead the team inestablishinginternal guidelines and best practices for space flight hardware design, test,manufacture, and operations
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviewsand develop customer-facing system design documentation and presentations
• Help drive development,integrationand test activities to meet schedule
• Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
• 13+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle forspacecraft and space systems
• 3+ years of leading a systems engineering team working onsmall spacecraft
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces; including mission systems
• Experience on maturespacecraft development programs including operationalandenvironementaltesting.
• Experience developing variousdesign artifacts, such as: Design Review material (CoDR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR,etc), trade studies, risk matrices and burn-down plans, non-conformanceinvestigationsand dispositioning
• Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
• Must be a U.S. Citizen andable to obtain andmaintaina U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• M.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
• Demonstrated High ownership and autonomy across theentire cradle-to-grave lifecycle of a spacecraft or space system.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely fast-paced, nimble, environment withprograms that have limited, broad,Level-0requirements
• 3+ years working in a classified environment

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:

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.