Staff Weapons Integration Engineer
Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Systems Engineering
Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Staff Engineer focused on end-to-end integration of weapons systems onto platforms within Anduril’s Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) team, delivering mission-ized autonomous air capabilities and interfacing with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead or support efforts performing integration, verification and/or validation of weapon systems onto Anduril or other-party platforms
- Develop program plans, estimates, and schedules
- Develop system/architecture designs, perform system level analysis, and generate requirements
- Adjudicate conflicting design/development requirements with broader team
- Develop and present technical material for reviews and meetings
- Support lab, ground, and flight test events
- Develop/maintain Interface Control Documents, Software Requirement Specifications, Performance Specifications, presentations and review test plans/procedures
- Coordinate and interface with customers, contractors, and engineering groups assigned to projects
- Support ongoing operation of the weapons system(s)
- Provide support for proposals/white papers for future efforts or capabilities
- Provide direction to design and to technical staff
- Work with and manage suppliers to develop and procure hardware
- Identify risks and manage mitigation plans to closure
Qualifications
- Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in engineering, computer science or a related technical discipline and progressive engineering experience as follows
- 9+ years of combined work experience with post-graduate study in an engineering discipline
- Familiarity with Air-to-Air/Air-to-Ground weapons, MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, and logical Interface Control Documents
- Experience integrating weapons, payloads, or avionics onto aircraft
- Experience with weapon or tactical datalinks
- Must be customer focused with the ability to formulate and implement plans to resolve technical engineering problems
- Ability to travel to support program and test events (up to 25%)
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Skills
Required:Integration planning and executionSystem architecture and requirements engineeringInterface Control Documents (ICD)Test planning and execution
Benefits
- Benefits (comprehensive, competitive) package available at little to no cost to employees
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
- Equity grants included in most full-time offers
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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