- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 18, 2026
- Salary
- $191,000–$253,000 a year
Full-time
Lead Systems Engineer, Mission Autonomy, Active Clearance
Job description
We are working on cutting-edge autonomous airpower systems that need to operate in the most demanding environments. To support our development and deployment tasks, we are building a Systems Engineering team to guide Digital Engineering strategy and complement our Mission Software Engineering, Product Engineering, and Business Development teams. This team will provide Model Based Systems Engineering and Requirements Based Testing artifacts which will be used in support of product development, delivery, and sustainment of advanced mission autonomy systems.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S.
Job responsibilities
- Lead systems engineering execution on Anduril’s Group 5 Mission Autonomy programs
- Advocate for systems engineering rigor in a high-paced software engineering environment
- Collaborate with other systems engineering and software engineering leads
- Develop systems engineering frameworks and processes that streamline artifact delivery across multiple programs
- Develop a deep understanding of Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through the creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts
Job requirements
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
- 10+ years Systems Engineering Experience across the life cycle.
- Demonstrated ability developing autonomy solutions for commercial or defense applications
- Demonstrated ability integrating and testing autonomy solutions as part of higher level vehicle behavior
- Demonstrated ability with requirements-based testing frameworks
- Experience designing systems using MBSE methods in SysML
- Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
- Experience with software development and associated tools/infrastructure (Github, CI/CD pipelines, etc)