Staff Systems Engineer, Space Special Programs

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Chantilly, VA seeks a Staff Systems Engineer to own end-to-end design, development, integration & test for spacecraft systems. You will maintain requirements, risks, budgets, and trade studies while interfacing with customers and internal teams.

You will serve as an individual contributor and team lead, mentoring engineers and shaping mission concepts. You will help develop system designs and provide expert design guidance, ensuring requirements traceability, peer reviews,

Qualifications

• BS in aerospace, mechanical, CS or related engineering field.
• 13+ years engineering experience across spacecraft life cycle.
• 3+ years leading a systems engineering team on small spacecraft.
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces.
• Experience on mature spacecraft development programs with testing.
• Proven ability to create design artifacts and documentation.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present artifacts.
• US citizen with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional team to design market-leading hardware products.
• Drive product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities.
• Apply space-flight hardware design standards to create high-reliability systems.
• Develop, track, and maintain system requirements and ensure subsystem compliance.
• Define, track, and maintain program risks and burn-down plans.
• Define, track, and maintain system budgets.
• Lead the team in establishing internal guidelines and best practices.
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews and develop customer-facing docs.
• Help drive development, integration and test activities to meet schedule.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent projects.

Skills

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Requirements management

Trade studies

Risk management

Design reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Space hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

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, and operates new, 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 will be responsible for helping develop the system and mission designs & 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, and maintain system 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, and maintain program risks and risk burn-down plans
• Define, track, and maintain system budgets
• Lead the team in establishing internal guidelines and best practices for space flight hardware design, test, manufacture, and operations
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews and develop customer-facing system design documentation and presentations
• Help drive development, integration and 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 for spacecraft and space systems
• 3+ years of leading a systems engineering team working on small spacecraft
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces; including mission systems
• Experience on mature spacecraft development programs including operational and environemental testing.
• Experience developing various design artifacts, such as: Design Review material (CoDR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc), trade studies, risk matrices and burn-down plans, non-conformance investigations and dispositioning
• Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a 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 the entire cradle-to-grave lifecycle of a spacecraft or space system.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely fast-paced, nimble, environment with programs that have limited, broad, Level-0 requirements
• 3+ years working in a classified environment

US Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 USD

Benefits

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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