# Senior Principal Chief Engineer, Space Special Programs

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Chantilly, Virginia, Virginia
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $292,000-$386,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

In the Space Special Programs team at Anduril, you will help design and develop advanced space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments.

You will:

- Design spacecraft and space system architectures

- Create conceptual designs of missions and payloads

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the spacecraft design and integration process

- Manage tactical engineering efforts and interface with different engineering and test disciplines

- Develop test plans for critical subsystems and support vehicle level acceptance testing

- Develop interface controls for partners and customers for hardware, systems, and electrical integration of complex payloads

- Support build and benchtop testing of new vehicle systems

- Support integration, testing, delivery, and operations of spacecraft and space subsystems

- Conduct hands-on spacecraft testing with occasional travel

- Participate in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch-site and on-orbit operations campaigns

- Mentor engineers and share knowledge on small spacecraft design and test

- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed

Requirements:

- 25+ years of industry experience designing spacecraft and spacecraft subsystems

- 10+ years of industry experience working with spacecraft system architectures

- 10+ years of industry experience leading a team of engineers to implement and deliver space flight hardware

- Familiarity with systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and integration and test campaigns

- Demonstrated experience with conceptual design and vehicle system architectures

- Proven track record of progressing from clean sheet design to functioning hardware

- Hands-on build and prototyping of spacecraft systems

- Passion for mission and designing systems to fill gaps

- Knowledge of electronics troubleshooting and basic test equipment

- Excellent team management skills

- Commitment to fostering a positive, inclusive culture

- Ability to travel as required

- US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience designing RF transponders and small form-factor RF equipment

- Hands-on manufacturing and/or flight testing experience

- Experience in design engineering

- Understanding of spacecraft development lifecycles, testing campaigns, and operational campaigns

Salary: $292,000-$386,000 USD Benefits: Comprehensive, competitive benefits package

## Skills

### Required
- spacecraft design
- systems engineering
- mechanical engineering
- electrical engineering
- integration and test campaigns
- team management
- electronics troubleshooting

### Nice to have
- RF transponders
- small form-factor RF equipment
- hands-on manufacturing
- flight testing
- design engineering

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