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Anduril Industries

Principal Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance

Anduril Industries
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senior full-time $220,000-$290,000 USD Costa Mesa, California

First indexed 20 Aug 2026

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.

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
  • 2+ years of experience at the Architect level, or Chief Engineer
  • Owning full scope of new aircraft design
  • RF and IR expertise
  • Broad depth of experience
  • Understands more than just the first order of physics behind the systems they are building
  • 15+ 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)

Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.

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