Senior Systems Engineer, Launched Effects

As a Senior Systems Engineer at Anduril Industries, you will be a pivotal force in the Tactical Recon & Strike division, working on cutting-edge products like Altius, Anvil, Bolt, and Ghost. This role demands a proactive problem-solver with a strong background in electrical engineering, systems engineering principles, and safety-critical development. You will drive the technical direction, ensure robust product design, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver critical capabilities that empower our mission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define systems engineering strategies in the Tactical Recon & Strike Division to drive requirements and verification for core Anduril Products Altius, Anvil, Bolt, and Ghost.
• Design, develop, and implement automated system-level integration tests on SITL, HITL, and hybrid testbeds coupled to simulation environments, followed by flight testing to ensure robust validation of system functionality and performance.
• Define and devise testing strategies using appropriate testing modalities for system and software requirements.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, program office, and third-party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of software and hardware, from in-lab full-software simulations to full hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations at test sites.
• Define a strategy to comply with appropriate industry standards, e.g., NATO UAV and MIL-STD-882E.
• Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s software engineers.
• Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Identify, resolve, and escalate key cross-team dependencies.
• Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization, particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist.
• Collaborate closely with other partner teams, such as hardware, product, and test operations as needed.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience with programming languages, such as Python, C++, or Rust, for analysis and simulation, while also being familiar with modern software development practices and designs, unit testing, integration test, and release processes.
• Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
• Experience in safety-critical industry, particularly with safety-critical software development standards, software safety fault/hazard analysis, and requirements-driven software verification and validation strategies.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for software deployment and scalability.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements, with the ability to take ambiguous, high-level problems and translate them into actionable engineering processes, detailed requirements, and comprehensive verification and validation (V&V) plans to ensure robust and reliable system performance.
• Experience writing testable system-level and software-level requirements.
• Proficiency in large-scale data modeling, data analysis, and visualization, including experience with tools such as Palantir Foundry, Tableau, AFSIM or similar platforms.
• Skilled in Statistics and AI/ML.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with sensor modeling, simulation, and analysis to support system design and performance evaluation.
• Experience in building programs for software deliverables from ground up.
• Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction.
• Experience in rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes.
• Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive decisions.
• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline.
• Active clearance status.