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Staff Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Systems Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 10mo ago

About the role

Mission Systems Engineer on Anduril’s Air Dominance and Strike team, responsible for delivering end-to-end mission-ized autonomous air-system outcomes through payload selection, integration, and validation, coordinating across subcontractors and internal teams.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader AD&S team
  • Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, & employment
  • Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance working closely with subject matter experts
  • Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for use in mission-level modeling & simulation tools
  • Validate system performance in close cooperation with test & integration engineers
  • Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate & deliver high-performance systems to our customers
  • Manage subcontractors and/or internal development teams to define subsystem requirements and drive technical performance on schedule
  • Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally

Qualifications

  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Communications, sensors, and effector domain expertise in one or more of Radar, EO/IR, RF, and EW systems
  • Physics-based modeling and analysis of system performance in tool(s) of your choice
  • 3+ years in payload integration and validation
  • 5+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field

Skills

Required:Security clearancePayload integrationModeling and simulation

Benefits

  • Benefits include comprehensive, competitive package (health, recovery, and future planning) and top-tier benefits for full-time employees; details available in Explore Our Benefits page.
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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