# Senior Signal Processing Engineer, Space

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Washington, District of Columbia
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Signal Processing Engineer to join its Space team in Washington DC.

The successful candidate will lead the development of discrimination algorithms that separate threats from non-threats, decoys, and debris using EO/IR sensor data for space and missile defense missions.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the development of discrimination algorithms for EO/IR sensors that classify and distinguish threats from decoys, debris, and clutter in real-time operational environments

- Design and implement signal processing pipelines including detection algorithms, feature extraction, image processing, and measurement generation from sensor data

- Develop and integrate advanced decision logic to enhance classification performance and adapt to evolving threat environments

- Analyze and optimize algorithms for EO/IR sensor phenomenology including noise characteristics, SNR considerations, resolution limits, and environmental effects

- Build physics-based models and conduct modeling and simulation including Monte Carlo analysis, recorded sensor playback, and hardware-in-the-loop testing to validate discrimination performance

- Develop analysis tools to characterize discrimination algorithm performance under challenging conditions such as countermeasures, clutter, and degraded sensing environments

- Collaborate with software engineers to transition discrimination algorithms from prototypes to production code optimized for operational deployment

- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on signal processing approaches and best practices

- Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand mission needs, present discrimination solutions, and demonstrate system performance

Requirements:

- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field

- 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and testing signal processing algorithms for EO/IR sensors or similar sensing modalities in aerospace or defense systems

- Proven expertise in EO/IR sensor phenomenology including noise characteristics, detection theory, SNR analysis, resolution limits, and environmental effects

- Strong proficiency with signal processing techniques including detection algorithms, filtering, and measurement generation from sensor data

- Proficiency in algorithm development and coding with demonstrated experience transitioning algorithms to production environments

- Experience with modeling, simulation, and testing workflows including physics-based modeling, Monte Carlo analysis, or hardware-in-the-loop environments

- Demonstrated technical leadership experience with ability to mentor engineers and drive technical direction

- Ability to work collaboratively with software engineers, systems engineers, and test teams to integrate algorithms into operational systems

Preferred Qualifications:

- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical field

- Experience with space or missile defense systems, threat discrimination, or intercept systems

- Proven expertise developing advanced decision logic or adaptive algorithms for classification workflows

- Demonstrated experience with pattern recognition, computer vision, or image processing for defense applications

- Experience handling discrimination challenges including countermeasures, spoofing, and contested/degraded sensing environments

- Background in fire control systems, guidance/navigation/control (GNC) integration, or kill vehicle systems

- Experience with radar systems, RF signal processing, or multi-modal sensor fusion

- Demonstrated experience working within systems engineering processes including requirements management, trade studies, and verification/validation

- Experience with MBSE tools (Cameo, Rhapsody, DOORS) or systems engineering toolchains

Benefits:

- Competitive salary range: $166,000-$220,000 USD

- Highly competitive equity grants

- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees

## Skills

### Required
- signal processing
- EO/IR sensor
- algorithm development
- detection theory
- SNR analysis
- image processing
- modeling and simulation
- physics-based modeling
- Monte Carlo analysis
- hardware-in-the-loop testing

### Nice to have
- space or missile defense systems
- threat discrimination
- intercept systems
- advanced decision logic
- adaptive algorithms
- pattern recognition
- computer vision
- radar systems
- RF signal processing
- multi-modal sensor fusion

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