- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 26, 2025
- Salary
- $146,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time
Systems Engineer, Space
Job description
We are looking for a Systems Engineer, Space to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for developing a technical strategy and roadmap 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 Systems Engineer in the Space business line is one that is technically broad and can serve as an effective technical oversight for all disciplines across all…
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
- Provide 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
- Contribute 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
- Experience in architecting, developing, and delivering defense/IC satellite and space hardware and software systems
- 4+ years of relevant professional Space industry experience
- 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