- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- ChantillyVirginiaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 27, 2026
- Salary
- $292,000–$386,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Principal Chief Engineer, Space Special Programs
Job description
In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
Job responsibilities
- Help design spacecraft and space system architectures
- Build Conceptual designs of missions and payloads
- Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of spacecraft design and integration process
- Manage tactical engineering efforts, interfacing between different engineering and test disciplines
- Draft and develop test plans for critical subsystems, and support vehicle level acceptance testing
- Develop interface controls for partners and customers for hardware, systems, and electrical integration of complex and unique payloads with existing and new Anduril spacecraft
- Support build and benchtop testing of new vehicle systems
- Support integration, testing, delivery, and operations of spacecraft and space subsystems
Job requirements
- 25+ years of industry experience designing spacecraft and spacecraft subsystems and participating in integration and operation campaigns, with a specialty in either electrical, mechanical, software, or systems…
- 10+ years of industry experience working with, understanding, and designing spacecraft system architectures
- 10+ years of industry experience leading a team of engineers to implement and deliver space flight hardware
- Familiarity with concepts of systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and practicalities of integration and test campaigns
- Demonstrated experience with conceptual design and vehicle system architectures
- Proven track record of progressing from clean sheet design to functioning hardware
- Hands-on build and prototyping of spacecraft systems
- A passion for mission, understanding the gaps which need to be filled, and designing/architecting systems to fill those gaps which can be quickly developed, integrated, tested, and delivered for operational capability