Chief Engineer, Intelligence Systems

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

A Chief Engineer at Anduril provides senior technical leadership and oversight on products across major defense projects. They establish technical direction and engineering standards for significant system developments. They make critical technical decisions that impact product design, accompanying project execution, program success and company strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead inter-disciplinary teams to develop and deliver integrated systems for multi-purpose missions.
• Set technical vision and define system architecture to guide overarching development efforts.
• Establish and maintain best practices for system development, including software standards, code reviews, configuration management, build processes, testing, etc.
• Triage issues, conduct root cause analysis of failures, and coordinate next steps with engineering teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure technical team is professionally developing at tenure-appropriate levels.
• Support local engagements with the local customer as the technical SME.
• Travel up to 25% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities at Anduril test ranges and customer-directed sites.

Core Requirements:

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• A minimum of 12 years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, and defense applications within the intelligence or defense communities.
• Experience in a technical management/engineering role, leading teams to integrate software and hardware solutions.
• Experience developing and executing complex technical programs to include payload, sensor integration, navigation/autonomy, networking/communications, optical sensing, radar, RF, EW, UAS Systems, and systems architecture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SITL and HITL simulation environments and the execution of comprehensive testing programs.
• Experience deploying technical solutions in the field both foreign and domestic.

Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees.