Deputy Chief Engineer, Discovery

ABOUT THE TEAM

Discovery is Andurils team for the hard concepts: the ones that are not yet proven or built. We take the newest and hardest problems across space missiles air sensors autonomy and cyber decide what is worth building and prove it out: we build the models break the assumptions run the tests and carry what works to the point where a program can pick it up. We work with hardware and software engineering teams across the company driving cross-functional collaboration across different business lines.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are building an expeditionary force: a small group of engineers who want to do big new hard things and who move into unfamiliar territory as a matter of course. As Deputy Chief Engineer in Discovery you lead the technical work on concepts nobody has proven usually several at once. You learn whatever domain each one lives in and build the thing that tests it: the prototype the test article the demonstration. Analysis gets a concept to the point where it is worth building; building it is how we find out. You are the technical authority for the concepts you own: you set the approach review the work and decide on the evidence which concepts continue and which stop. The problems change; the approach does not: reason from first principles build it test it and reach a solution.

You are not hired for a particular skill set. You are hired for a record of building things: taking a concept from an idea to hardware or software that works across different areas and getting to solutions. You are also the adversary to our own ideas. The rigor that validates a good concept is the same rigor that kills a bad one early while it is still cheap and you apply it to your own work first.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role on both internally and externally funded programs within Andurils Discovery Business Line on operationally relevant timelines.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Own new concepts from first idea through analysis prototype and test and drive them to a validated answer
• Learn new domains fast enough to do real work in them: read the references build the model check it against known results then extend it
• Build or adapt the models simulations and test setups the question needs using existing tools where they fit and building where they do not
• Pressure-test your own and others work: hunt failure modes surface hidden assumptions and stress trade studies before decisions are locked in
• Use AI tools as a force multiplier for research code and analysis and know when their output has to be checked against a reference
• Work shoulder to shoulder with Hardware Software GNC and the other teams at Anduril and translate results into decisions that change the design
• Communicate results to engineers leadership and customers including strong visual presentation of complex data

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Demonstrated experience working in more than one technical area
• You have done things: designed built tested or fielded something real in any field
• Proficiency in at least one physics-math scripting environment (Python with numpy/scipy MATLAB/Simulink Julia or similar)
• Strong written verbal and visual communication

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 12 years in a relevant science/engineering field
• Math physics or engineering degree or similar
• Proficiency with AI tools (coding assistants agents model-driven research) in day-to-day engineering work and judgment about when to trust their output
• Experience in several of: space systems missiles and missile defense air vehicles GNC sensors and sensor fusion radar EW acoustics autonomy or similar. Breadth across these counts for more than depth in any one
• Familiarity with domain analysis tools as relevant (STK/Astrogator AFSIM HFSS Fluent or similar)

US Salary Range

$191000 - $253000 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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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