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Principal Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Software

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Autonomous Airpower Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$220k - $292kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Principal Systems Engineer to support development of a group 5 autonomous aircraft, focusing on air vehicle software systems and integration with multidisciplinary teams, with emphasis on lifecycle experience, system modeling, and airworthiness certification.

Responsibilities

  • Shape customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem software requirements in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Develop System Engineering artifacts, including system model, to trace from stakeholder inputs through design in a digital thread. Incorporate input from system safety, software engineering, and other disciplines to shape system architecture and support airworthiness certification.
  • Communicate and manage program risks in conjunction with Chief Engineer and Program Management.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
  • 15+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle for an UAS with specific focus on aircraft systems
  • Familiarity and experience with MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-882E, ARP-4761, ARP-4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-881
  • Experience developing subsystem software requirements and interfaces; including mission systems
  • Experience with contingency management software architecture and requirements
  • Experience on mature Aircraft development programs including operational testing and airworthiness certification
  • Experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, or similar
  • Experience developing various model based system engineering artifacts - Operational Viewpoints, System Viewpoints, activity diagrams, use case diagrams, BDDs, IBDs, parametric diagrams, etc...
  • Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
  • Must hold an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Air vehicle software Systems EngineeringSystem modeling and MBSE

Benefits

  • Benefits package mentioned (comprehensive, competitive) with top-tier offerings; equity grants included in majority of full-time offers
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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