Mission Support Engineer, EW

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

As a Mission Support Engineer, you will be instrumental in keeping Anduril's EW systems running at peak performance. Our products are designed to provide real-time radio frequency (RF) spectrum awareness, threat detection, and electronic mitigation capabilities at the tactical edge.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational performance of deployed EW systems across multiple theaters, serving as the primary technical interface between field operations and engineering
• Investigate and resolve system anomalies end-to-end , from initial detection through root cause isolation, corrective action, and post-incident documentation
• Contribute to the validation and fielding of new EW software builds, including pre-deployment verification and operational acceptance testing
• Leverage Linux diagnostics, log analysis, and command-line tooling to drive resolution and deploy cutting edge software solutions
• Partner with engineering and product teams to continuously enhance fleet-wide monitoring, alerting, and health telemetry for EW assets
• Aggregate and interpret field performance data to identify failure patterns, inform preventive maintenance strategies, and guide engineering investment decisions
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for customers, managing technical issues with clear communication, defined timelines, and follow-through from identification to closure
• Translate operational feedback and mission requirements into actionable input for product development, advocating for capability improvements grounded in real-world employment
• Develop and maintain deep technical fluency across the EW product portfolio, enabling effective communication between operators, engineers, and program stakeholders
• Orchestrate cross-functional responses to complex sustainment challenges, aligning business operations, engineering, and field support teams to optimize system availability
• Provide structured mission insights and deployment lessons-learned to software and hardware engineering teams, shaping roadmap priorities and informing design decisions
• Travel to field sites, if desired and opportunities arise – not required

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years’ defense industry, USG, or DoD/DoW experience performing technical operations
• Experience working with and/or deploying complex software solutions
• Experience with distributed communication networks and system-of-systems architectures
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate disaggregated networking systems
• A desire to perform high-stakes, critical, and time-sensitive functions with real-world impact
• A bias for action, extreme ownership, and self-driving motivation to see projects through
• Experience supporting incident-driven workflows
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work non-standard hours and weekends, as needed
• Ability to obtain and maintain SECRET security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in STEM discipline, preferably in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, or similar
• Industry networking certifications, such as CompTIA Sec+/Net+, CCNA, Linux+, or similar
• Experience supporting or operating EW systems, software defined radios, or RF sensors as a DoD/DoW employee, contractor, or end-user
• Familiarity with RF and EW applications, power, antenna concepts, and spectrum analysis
• Experience building, deploying, or testing autonomous systems or software in real-world operational environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and release management processes
• Experience with containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• Experience with observability tooling such as DataDog, Grafana, and Victor Ops; exposure to software development tooling such as Git and Jira
• Experience with Nix/NixOS
• Experience performing trend analysis to inform business decisions
• Experience with military systems and operational tactics
• Active SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearance