Systems Engineer, EW

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Platinum Benefits

16 Weeks paid parental leave

Family planning support

Unlimited Provisions

Commuter benefits

Relocation assistance

Unlimited and Incentivized Time Off

Job summary

Anduril Industries is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Electronic Warfare team in Costa Mesa, California. This exciting role involves working across the full product life cycle, including the design and development of advanced military systems.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in electronic warfare, excellent technical writing skills, and the ability to work with diverse teams. Benefits include 100% coverage for health premiums, generous parental leave, and unlimited time off.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating across disciplines to ensure system requirements are defined and validated.
• Excellent at balancing multiple projects.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work across the full product life cycle from concept to deployment.
• Lead program teams through systems engineering reviews.
• Define and implement system requirements and design.

Skills

Experience with system design, development and test of ESM and EA / ECM

Experience with embedded devices and Software Defined Radios (SDRs)

Technical writing skills

Ability to explain complex concepts

Project management skills

Tools

RF test equipment

Modeling tools (e.g. Cameo)

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.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our Electronic Warfare (EW) team supporting various Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Attack (EA) / Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) systems. This is an exciting role which provides an opportunity to work across the full product life cycle, from concept to deployment.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with system design, development and test of ESM and EA / ECM in one or more of the following ground‑based or aerial EW domains:
  • Counter‑Radar
  • Counter‑UAS
  • Counter‑Comms (Wireless protocols: Bluetooth, 3G/4G/5G, Wi‑Fi, etc)
  • Counter‑PNT
  • Counter‑RCIED
• Experience with embedded devices and Software Defined Radios (SDRs).
• Experience with system requirements creation, requirement traceability, and requirement verification and validation.
• Experience coordinating across disciplines to ensure system requirements and design are properly and thoroughly defined, implemented, and validated.
• Experience leading program teams through systems engineering reviews and owning related CDRLs including System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR).
• Excellent technical writing skill with experience in writing white papers, proposals, trade studies, test plans, test procedures, and test reports.
• Skilled at explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Excellent at balancing multiple projects at any given time.
• Enthusiastic about both working with a team and executing work individually.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in SIL (System in Lab) design, setup and automation.
• Familiarity with RF systems and RF test equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and vector network analyzers.
• Experience with system level RF cascade analysis, co‑site analysis, and mission modeling.
• Experience with mission modeling tools like AFSIM and STK.
• Flight Test experience and flight test data analysis.
• Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including the use of modelling tools (e.g. Cameo)
• Experience in integrating Firmware and Software builds on prototype and production grade hardware.

Benefits

• Platinum Benefits: We offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision, life) and cover 100 percent of the premiums for you.
• 16 Weeks paid parental leave for all caregivers.
• Family planning: We’re proud to offer comprehensive family planning support. Fertility planning and treatment, adoption support, gestational carrier support and fertility preservation are all included.
• Unlimited Provisions: From breakfast to dinner, our kitchen team has you covered with healthy meals and snacks at every office.
• Commuter benefits depending on region.
• Relocation assistance.
• Unlimited and Incentivized Time Off.

US Salary Range

$166,000—$220,000 USD