Senior Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance
$166k - $220kAnduril Industries
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 JOBAnduril's Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to join our team. The AD&S team is responsible for developing end-to-end "mission-ized" autonomous air systems capable of delivering exceptional warfighter outcomes to our customers.
As a Mission Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering mission outcomes within Anduril programs through the judicious selection, sourcing, and validation of mission relevant payloads and systems. The right person for this role will have experience in payload conceptual development, selection, integration, and validation. You will begin with mission-level outcomes and drive to solutions through appropriate modeling, domain expertise, and vendor engagement. This will require taking ownership of subcontractor and/or internal technical development efforts and working across various Anduril internal teams to appropriately integrate capabilities. If you are someone who enjoys building and delivering compelling next-generation autonomous capabilities through rigorous modeling and exploration of system trades followed by actual vehicle integration, then this role is for you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader AD&S team
- Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, & employment
- Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance working closely with subject matter experts
- Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for use in mission-level modeling & simulation tools
- Validate system performance in close cooperation with test & integration engineers
- Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate & deliver high-performance systems to our customers
- Manage subcontractors and/or internal development teams to define subsystem requirements and drive technical performance on schedule
- Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Communications, sensors, and effector domain expertise in one or more of Radar, EO/IR, RF, and EW systems
- Physics-based modeling and analysis of system performance in tool(s) of your choice
- 2+ years in payload integration and validation. The more the better
- 5+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field
- Knowledge of current and next-generation advanced communications, sensing, and effector systems and platforms
- Platform-level system trade and integration experience
- Advanced proficiency in analytical toolchains or languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys)
- Advanced communications experience (e.g., secure LPx line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, tactical data links)
- Advanced sensing domain experience (e.g., EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)
- Experience with missile design & integration
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$166k - $220k
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