Systems Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Irvine, CA or Huntsville, AL. You will own end-to-end system integration, requirements capture, and performance verification across hardware and software in a dynamic defense environment.

The role emphasizes the Guam Defense System Battle Manager product, MBSE, and collaboration across cross-functional teams. Travel up to 75% to customer sites is required.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of hardware and software systems engineering experience.
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Robotics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated use of model based systems engineering across program lifecycle.
• Experience with tools such as: JAMA, Cameo, Matlab, Simulink, AFSIM.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for analysis andsimulation.
• Skilled in Statistics, AI/ML, MBSE, requirements construction, management and traceability, test and evaluation, and verification and validation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Up to 75% travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead capture of requirements and capabilities for system integrations.
• Lead integration of emerging capabilities and new products into the family of systems.
• Lead requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams.
• Scope ideal system laydown and tradeoffs across capability, timeline, risk, cost.
• Own systems end to end and resolve cross-team issues.

Skills

Hardware & software systems eng

Model-Based Systems Eng (MBSE)

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Simulink

Statistics & AI/ML

Education

Engineering/Physics/Robotics/Math degree

Tools

JAMA

Cameo

MATLAB

Simulink

AFSIM

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

Strategic Defense protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, andair-breathing threats. Those threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and comein volleys designed to overwhelm the legacy systems meant to stop them — so we'rebuilding a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act fasterthan any human operator could alone. Our team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation andwargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build an accreditedfire control system fielded rapidly and at scale.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking to hire a Systems Engineer to join our rapid growing team in Irvine, CA or Huntsville, AL. Each deployment often comes with a unique combination of hardware and software products in various configurations, targeting different mission sets, and optimized for different customer expectations. We need systems engineers who are capable of internalizing the nuances of each deployment and owning the technical success of the end-to-end solution we ship.

This role will focus on the Guam Defense System Battle Manager product. Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control programs is a plus. You will be helping to create a new strategic business line within Air Defense and will work closely with the other strategic Command and Control programs within Anduril.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead the capture of requirements and capabilities for system integrations
• Lead the integration of emerging capabilities, bringing new products into the family ofsystems. This may include scoping and executing on a combination of hardware andsoftware solutions, both internal and external to the company.
• Lead requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams, defining success in the face of ambiguity.
• Responsible for scoping ideal system laydown, scrutinizing system performance, andensuring the deployed system is meeting customer requirements. Also responsible formaking tradeoffs across capability, timelines, risk, cost, and other factors to deliver anoutcome.
• Own systems end to end with the ability to identify and solve problems between theseams and push through to reach an ultimate outcome.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-6 years of hardware and software systems engineering experience.
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Robotics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated use of model based systems engineering across program lifecycle.
• Experience with tools such as: JAMA, Cameo, Matlab, Simulink, AFSIM.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for analysis andsimulation.
• Skilled in Statistics, AI/ML, MBSE, requirements construction, management and traceability, test and evaluation, and verification and validation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Up to 75% travel to customer sites.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with Tactical Data Links (TDL), Link 16, including design, integration, and test.
• Familiarity with Linux OS. Comfortable obtaining data from software platforms usingcommand-line tools.
• Previous experience in a defense, naval, or aerospace environment.
• Experience with any of the following: robotics, autonomous systems, radar, optics,computer vision, wireless communication, software defined radios, networking.
• Exceptional proficiency with Python and/or MATLAB for data parsing and datavisualization.
• Experience working with mid and upper tier Air Defense systems in the Army, Navy, AirForce or the Missile Defense Agency.

US Salary Range

$146,000 - $194,000 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:

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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As set forth in Anduril Industries’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.