Deputy Chief Engineer, Discovery

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

As Deputy Chief Engineer in Discovery, you lead the technical work on concepts nobody has proven, usually several at once.

Responsibilities

• Own new concepts from first idea through analysis, prototype, and test, and drive them to a validated answer
• Learn new domains fast enough to do real work in them: read the references, build the model, check it against known results, then extend it
• Build or adapt the models, simulations, and test setups the question needs, using existing tools where they fit and building where they do not
• Pressure-test your own and others' work: hunt failure modes, surface hidden assumptions, and stress trade studies before decisions are locked in
• Use AI tools as a force multiplier for research, code, and analysis, and know when their output has to be checked against a reference
• Work shoulder to shoulder with Hardware, Software, GNC, and the other teams at Anduril, and translate results into decisions that change the design
• Communicate results to engineers, leadership, and customers, including strong visual presentation of complex data

Required Qualifications

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Demonstrated experience working in more than one technical area
• You have done things: designed, built, tested, or fielded something real, in any field
• Proficiency in at least one physics-math scripting environment (Python with numpy/scipy, MATLAB/Simulink, Julia, or similar)
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years in a relevant science/engineering field
• Math, physics, or engineering degree, or similar
• Proficiency with AI tools (coding assistants, agents, model-driven research) in day-to-day engineering work, and judgment about when to trust their output
• Experience in several of: space systems, missiles and missile defense, air vehicles, GNC, sensors and sensor fusion, radar, EW, acoustics, autonomy, or similar. Breadth across these counts for more than depth in any one
• Familiarity with domain analysis tools as relevant (STK/Astrogator, AFSIM, HFSS, Fluent, or similar)