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Anduril Industries

Space Special Projects, Chief Engineer

Anduril Industries
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senior full-time Highly competitive, actual salary offer may vary Reston, Virginia

First indexed 19 Jun 2026

Description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Chief Engineer to join its rapidly growing Space team.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical lead on emerging developments for an all-encompassing spacecraft mission focused on dynamic space operations and highly maneuverable satellites.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing technical expertise across multiple spacecraft subsystems and ground systems
  • Leveraging strategic partnerships and teammates to build new products
  • Contributing technical inputs to proposals and providing oversight to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers
  • Performing mission and system level trade studies and analysis to balance risk, cost, and performance

The ideal candidate will have:

  • An active U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance
  • Prior technical experience supporting DoD or IC customers
  • Experience in architecting, developing, and delivering defense/IC satellite and space hardware and software systems
  • Experience with high dV spacecraft, dynamic space operations, space-based sensing, and mission operations for surveillance and reconnaissance
  • Strong technical communication skills and the ability to deliver critical technical briefings

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 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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5169836007