- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Mar 18, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$222,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Systems Engineer, Space
Job description
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer, Space to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be help lead development of technical strategy and roadmapping in conjunction with the Chief Engineer of Space Missions and the Growth/Strategy leads of the Orbital Systems team that effectively leverages current Anduril technologies and newly developed technologies to serve the customer mission areas. This role will address pre-award demonstrations, early contract phases, and full-contract execution.
A successful Senior Systems Engineer in the Space business line is one that is technically broad and can serve as an effective technical oversight for all disciplines…
Job responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight and leadership for the full system of systems – the space segment and the ground segment – with an attention to the spacecraft
- Drive technical expertise across multiple spacecraft subsystems including bus and payloads
- Leverage strategic partnerships and teammates for building out new products to satisfy customer requirements in new and challenging mission areas
- Provide space industry expertise to refine and advance the Anduril Space and Orbital Systems strategy for growing the organization
- Generate technical inputs to proposals to include engineering execution plans
- Provide oversight to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers through all phases of program execution up to and including delivery and operation of capabilities on-orbit
- Perform mission and system level trade studies and analysis to balance risk, cost, and performance
Job requirements
- Advanced experience in architecting, developing, and delivering defense/IC satellite and space hardware and software systems
- 8+ years of relevant professional Space industry experience
- Thorough understanding of the recent/current technical state of key USSF and IC space systems and mission areas
- Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems with competing objectives (e.g., performance, schedule, openness, cybersecurity, MLS) into executable requirements and execution then delivering on those to meet…
- Experience with spacecraft standards for qualification testing and acceptance testing to include the use of GEVS, SMC-S-016 (MIL- STD-1540), etc
- Experience with US government space mission areas and associated CONOPS for successfully executing missions to enable space for the warfighter
- Design and development of space vehicle and payload architectures and detailed mission solutions to complex space domain challenges
- Strong technical communication skills, providing the ability to deliver critical technical briefings and conclusions to technical leadership, company leadership, and customers