Senior Systems Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Sydney, Australia · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Systems Engineering

Senior Systems Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company, focusing on developing unmanned systems with unsupervised autonomy. The role involves owning technology solutions deployed to customers, acting as a subject matter expert in areas like robotic perception and cybersecurity, and designing/architecting integrated systems for autonomous vehicles. This position requires extensive experience in engineering, particularly with robotic and autonomous systems, and the ability to manage complex systems throughout their lifecycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own technology solutions that are deployed to customers, focussed 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
  • 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 an Australian Government Security Clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience with the design, implementation and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems
  • Experience working within the defence, maritime and/or aerospace domains
  • Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment
  • Desire to learn and grow in to other roles that require experience as a Senior Systems Engineer, such as Principal Systems Engineer and/or Engineering Manager
  • 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

  • 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

Other signals

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