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Systems Engineer, Space Special Programs

Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
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Hybrid (Chantilly/Herndon, Virginia)$112k - $149kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Systems Engineer role in Anduril’s Space Special Programs team in Chantilly/Herndon, VA, focusing on the full life cycle of design, development, integration & test, and operations for spacecraft systems, requirements management, risk and budget tracking, and customer-facing documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a cross-functional team to design market leading hardware products
  • Help reach product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities
  • Learn and apply modern space-flight hardware design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable systems
  • Develop, track, and maintain system requirements and work with other disciplines to assure the overall system as well as subsystems are meeting, testing, and verifying compliance with the requirements
  • Define, track, and maintain program risks and risk burn-down plans
  • Define, track, and maintain system budgets
  • Participate with the rest of the team in following internal guidelines and best practices for space flight hardware design, test, manufacture, and operations
  • Participate in peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews and help develop customer-facing system design documentation and presentations
  • Help drive development, integration and test activities to meet schedule
  • Work in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple concurrent projects and customers

Qualifications

  • B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
  • 2-8 years of professional experience, in hardware-based product development
  • Basic understanding of design techniques to meet space flight mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing requirements
  • Ability to generate comprehensive block diagrams and decompose a system into its requirements
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, MIPI CSI-2, etc
  • Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies
  • Familiarity with basic spacecraft design principles and subsystems
  • Ability to determine manage work assignments based on prioritized direction from management, near-term goals, and day-to-day levels of progress
  • Familiarity with managing budgets (mass, power, error, link, etc) and creating models (power, data usage, propellant, etc)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with others
  • Ability to work within our company and team culture and take ownership of the tasks assigned to you
  • Willing to listen and learn from experts but still speak up when you have ideas
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Block diagram generationSystem requirements managementRisk managementBudget managementHardware design for space flightInterfaces (Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, MIPI CSI-2)Spacecraft/subsystem principlesCommunication

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and related support)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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