Senior Systems Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Systems Engineering

Anduril is a defense technology company developing AI-powered unmanned systems for military applications. This Senior Systems Engineer role focuses on owning and delivering technology solutions for deployed systems, including hardware integration, robotic perception, and full lifecycle development of complex robotic systems. The role requires extensive experience in systems engineering, program management or tech lead experience, and the ability to work holistically across the product lifecycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own technology solutions that are deployed to customers, focused on the delivery of value to the end-user
  2. Act as a subject matter expert for your areas of expertise as they relate to the delivery of Anduril’s technology capabilities, including areas such as hardware selection and integration, testing and evaluation, robotic perception, engineering process or cybersecurity
  3. Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
  4. Design, architect, and implement integrated systems, including advanced and sensitive platforms and payloads, that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current systems, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
  5. Contribute to the design and development of technology components across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
  • Extensive professional experience working as an Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise
  • Experience in acting as a program manager or tech lead for a group of engineers
  • Ability to exercise extremely high ownership over a complex system, including design, integration, test, and delivery of new capabilities
  • Capacity to work holistically on complex robotic systems across design, implementation, operation and sustainment
  • Capacity to act as the technical owner for a complex subsystem, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
  • Capacity learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience with the design, implementation and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems
  • Experience working within the defense, maritime and/or aerospace domains
  • Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment
  • Desire to grow in to a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery

What the JD emphasized

  • extensive professional experience
  • Ability to exercise extremely high ownership over a complex system
  • Capacity to work holistically on complex robotic systems
  • Capacity to act as the technical owner for a complex subsystem
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance

Other signals

  • AI-powered operating system
  • unmanned systems
  • unsupervised autonomy
  • robotic perception
  • complex robotic systems