# Senior Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Anduril's Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to join our team. The AD&S team is responsible for developing end-to-end 'mission-ized' autonomous air systems capable of delivering exceptional warfighter outcomes to our customers.

As a Mission Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering mission outcomes within Anduril programs through the judicious selection, sourcing, and validation of mission relevant payloads and systems. The right person for this role will have experience in payload conceptual development, selection, integration, and validation. You will begin with mission-level outcomes and drive to solutions through appropriate modeling, domain expertise, and vendor engagement. This will require taking ownership of subcontractor and/or internal technical development efforts and working across various Anduril internal teams to appropriately integrate capabilities.

**Responsibilities**

- Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader AD&S team.

- Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, & employment.

- Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance working closely with subject matter experts.

- Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for use in mission-level modeling & simulation tools.

- Validate system performance in close cooperation with test & integration engineers.

- Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate & deliver high-performance systems to our customers.

- Manage subcontractors and/or internal development teams to define subsystem requirements and drive technical performance on schedule.

- Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally.

**Required Qualifications**

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

- Communications, sensors, and effector domain expertise in one or more of Radar, EO/IR, RF, and EW systems.

- Physics-based modeling and analysis of system performance in tool(s) of your choice.

- 2+ years in payload integration and validation.

- 5+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Knowledge of current and next-generation advanced communications, sensing, and effector systems and platforms.

- Platform-level system trade and integration experience.

- Advanced proficiency in analytical toolchains or languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys).

- Advanced communications experience (e.g., secure LPx line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, tactical data links).

- Advanced sensing domain experience (e.g., EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR).

- Experience with missile design & integration.

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching.

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development.

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.

- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax options.

## Skills

### Required
- communications
- sensing
- effector systems
- physics-based modeling
- payload integration

### Nice to have
- advanced communications
- sensing domain
- analytical toolchains
- missile design

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