Tactical Network Engineer for C2 & Unmanned Systems

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC, is hiring a Tactical Network Engineer with cybersecurity experience to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack enabling Command and Control and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems. You will integrate emerging networking capabilities, decompose requirements across cross-functional teams, and design laydowns for large-scale unmanned platforms while ensuring OSI coverage and security.

Travel up to 25% and active U.S.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and enterprise networking
• Experience with CI/CD tools and software infrastructure fundamentals
• Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems
• Experience with ad-hoc mesh networking and secure communication protocols (IPSec/MACSec)
• Software-defined networking and TCP/IP/DNS knowledge
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and maintain active U.S. Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of networking stack for C2 and autonomous unmanned systems
• Decompose networking requirements across cross-functional teams
• Design network laydowns and configurations for large-scale unmanned systems and C2 systems
• Ensure OSI Layer-1 to Layer-4 coverage with strong security alignment
• Own end-to-end systems networking, analyze performance, and drive improvements
• Perform trade-off studies of different networking solutions
• Build tooling to benchmark and analyze network traffic
• Collaborate with software engineers to model and simulate network environments

Skills

AWS/Azure

Networking

CI/CD tools

Security fundamentals

Communication

Clearance

Mesh networking

Tools

IPSec

MACSec

SDN

Job description

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC, is hiring a Tactical Network Engineer with cybersecurity experience to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack enabling Command and Control and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems. You will integrate emerging networking capabilities, decompose requirements across cross-functional teams, and design laydowns for large-scale unmanned platforms while ensuring OSI coverage and security.

Travel up to 25% and active U.S.