[Hiring] Senior Systems Engineer @Anduril Industries

Role Description

Organize a complex ecosystem.

• Responsible for producing accurate representations of system design, implementation, and test from various perspectives: management, engineering, product.
• Expertise in simplifying a diverse and complex system-of-systems through repeatable patterns and automation.
• Collaborate with users, customers, third parties, and other stakeholders to digest disparate views of the ecosystem and integrate them into Anduril engineering workflows.

Grow your business through programmatic success.

• Define, propose, and execute programmatic and business strategies that drive technology adoption and scale Anduril's footprint within the Army community.
• Establish committed and trust-based partnerships with PMs and acquisition leaders to solve immediate problems and foresee future opportunities.

Shape our products to meet Army Intelligence workflows.

• Work with Army tactical and enterprise stakeholders to understand workflows, system bottlenecks, and data integration needs.
• Represent users directly to Anduril's product and engineering teams, translating user feedback into actionable features on product roadmaps.

Collaborate across nearly every Anduril team.

• Ensure successful deployment of complex systems by collaborating with engineering, product, logistics, business development, contracting, and technical operations.
• Engage and inform each party, bringing the best of Anduril to the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Mission First Mindset: Prioritize mission and customer needs; seek to understand Army workflows.
• Ownership Mentality: Assume responsibility and contribute to a culture of performance.
• Technical Aptitude and Intellectual Curiosity: Comfortable with complex technical concepts and hands-on in lab environments.
• Structured Thinker and Problem Solver: Clear communication and well-thought-out plans; ability to distill complex architectures into integration plans.
• High Value Team Member: Promote teamwork and collaboration; develop rapport at various organizational levels.
• 360 Degree Leader: Lead and influence through formal and informal constructs; identify and solve operational gaps immediately.

Requirements

• Must possess an active Secret security clearance, with the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Deep domain expertise within the U.S. Army acquisition community, including familiarity with modern C2 systems, workflows, and tactical operations.
• Experience developing computable, data-driven architectures for large system-of-system deployments.
• Experience using established architecture frameworks, such as SysML, UAF, DoDAF.
• Proven experience in systems engineering roles within defense technology.
• Familiarity with Army connected C2/Intel systems (such as NGC2, TITAN, or AIDP).
• Ability to support basic technical configuration, troubleshooting, and operation of software/hardware systems in lab environments.
• Interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust with technical and non-technical military leaders.
• Willingness to travel (25-50%).

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with the acquisition side of Army capability portfolios.
• Experience in Defense Technology Product Management, Solutions Architecture, or Technical Customer Success roles.
• Experience developing custom software applications in an agile environment.
• Familiarity with modern software development concepts (APIs, containerization, tactical cloud, and data fusion pipelines).

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
• Support in health, recovery, and future needs.