Systems Engineer, Launched Effects

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

As a Systems Engineer at Anduril, you will be a pivotal force in the Tactical Recon & Strike division, working on cutting-edge products like Altius, Anvil, Bolt, and Ghost.

Responsibilities

• Drive systems thinking, processes, and capabilities for core Anduril Products including Altius, Anvil, Bolt and Ghost.
• Partner with product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones working directly with the Business Lines to understand product requirements and deliverables.
• Partner with functional engineering teams to drive architectural design for safety, reliability, usability, modularity, upgradability, maintainability, and diagnosability into systems, subsystems, and interfaces.
• Drive system & subsystem requirements with functional engineering teams, defining risk reduction and verification & validation strategies for system of systems as well as subsystem assemblies.
• Execute and manage System Hazard Analyses (SHAs) and subsystem Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FME(C)As) to drive safety and reliability centric requirements.
• Coordinate and execute test events involving various levels of system integration from in-lab software simulations to flight test.
• Interpret & apply key industry & defense standard requirements for safety and interoperability, e.g. STANAG, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-331, MIL-STD-1901A, JOTPs, etc.
• Demonstrate strong ownership, acting as a trusted technical partner to functional engineers and leaders across the organization.
• Ensure requirements are tied tightly to the organization’s capability roadmap, fostering efficient development and rapid iteration.
• Identify and drive to resolution key cross-team dependencies and inefficiencies.
• Autonomously lead and execute complex technical initiatives based on high-level goals from internal engineering, program office, and third-party partners, successfully delivering outcomes across multiple programs simultaneously.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• 5+ years experience in defense or safety-critical industry, particularly with safety-critical development standards, reliability and safety fault/hazard analysis, and requirements-driven verification and validation strategies.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes.
• Proven ability to be a self-starter and to own task & risks from identification through closure.
• Experience writing verifiable system-level, subsystem level, and software/hardware/component-level requirements.
• Experience conducting safety & reliability analyses such as PHAs, SHAs, FME(C)As, or FTAs.
• Experience and proficiency with systems and Python.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices and designs, unit testing, integration test, and release processes.
• Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers (JTAG, SWD, etc), current-probes, and automation of tests.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing electromechanical system models to inform the design, operation, and troubleshooting of complex subsystems.
• Hands-on manufacturing and/or flight testing experience.
• Experience in design engineering.
• Experience in software engineering.
• Understanding of aerodynamics, avionics, and flight systems.