Staff Systems Engineer – Autonomous Sensing & Perception

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to support payloads integration for the Thunder team. You will drive the perception system architecture, own sensor baselines, and lead verification activities for an autonomous aerial system.

The role requires ownership across sensor modalities, interfaces to compute and autonomy, and detailed performance modeling, with duties spanning design reviews and external technical engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience on electro-optical, LiDAR, RADAR, or comparable sensing systems.
• Experience owning system architecture and interfaces for a sensing system across compute, autonomy, and vehicle.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Drive the perception system architecture and requirements baseline across sensing, compute, and algorithms.
• Own the sensor suite baseline, configurations, and interfaces for each aircraft variant.
• Set and defend the sensing performance model including detection probability and false alarm rates.
• Lead verification and validation strategy for perception including plans and test coverage.
• Provide technical authority at design and gate reviews and maintain traceability.
• Lead sensor trades to resolve forks and document outcomes for program readiness.
• Drive modularity and reuse of perception ports across platforms and ensure open mission system alignment.
• Define perception engineering practices and ensure consistent proof across efforts.
• Oversee in-air perception tests and feed results back into requirements and architecture.
• Represent Anduril as a technical authority on airborne sensing with vendors and customers.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Optics

Robotics

Systems engineering

Sensing systems

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Jama

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to support payloads integration for the Thunder team. You will drive the perception system architecture, own sensor baselines, and lead verification activities for an autonomous aerial system.

The role requires ownership across sensor modalities, interfaces to compute and autonomy, and detailed performance modeling, with duties spanning design reviews and external technical engagement.