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Director, Mission Systems, Advanced Effects

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Systems Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$220k - $292kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Director to oversee seeker + sensing systems for Advanced Effects Mission Systems within Anduril’s AD&S team, delivering mission outcomes through payload selection, integration, and validation for end-to-end autonomous air systems.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader Advanced Effects 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
  • 5+ years in payload integration and validation
  • 10+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field

Skills

Required:Security clearancePayload integration and validationPhysics-based modeling

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and more) available to employees
  • Top-tier benefits information referenced with Explore Our Benefits link
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anduril

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