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Systems Engineering Lead, Thunder

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maneuver Dominance Engineering : Systems Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$166k - $220kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead Systems Engineering for the Thunder Mission System and Payloads on an autonomous rotorcraft, shaping end-to-end systems engineering activities to meet end-user needs in challenging operational environments. Based at Costa Mesa HQ as part of the Maneuver Dominance team.

Responsibilities

  • Execute a right-sized, Agile Systems Engineering approach as per the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for development of the Thunder Mission System and Payloads at the speed of relevance
  • Support design teams in the evolution and progress of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs) throughout the design process
  • Contribute to System Design Reviews (SDR) and engineering governance structures such as Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Safety Review Boards (SRB) representing the Systems Engineering discipline
  • Own and maintain Functional Decomposition, System Breakdown Structure (SBS), Product Breakdown Structure (PBS), and Architecture diagrams
  • Develop key Systems Engineering design artifacts including System Description Documents (SDDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
  • Champion the use of the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) to enable Mission System and Payload maturation
  • Shape the design of representative Hardware In Lab (HIL) and Hardware In The Loop (HITL) physical integration environments, and input into surrogate testing
  • Create issue board workflows and coordinate ticket triage, action assignment, artifact capture and closure
  • Shape and coordinate configuration and change management processes
  • Support wholistic Systems Safety and Airworthiness efforts
  • Support build, ground and flight test of prototype and production representative Thunder Mission Systems with Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) and verification-related task

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
  • 7+ years industry Systems Engineering experience including safety-critical hardware and software systems in the Defense or Aerospace industries, specifically crewed aircraft, rotorcraft, EVTOL, UAS or weapon systems
  • Demonstrable Systems Engineering proficiency, including solicitation of requirements with the customer/end-user, collaboration with design teams
  • Experience developing traditional and right-sized Systems Engineering artifacts, including pragmatic verification and validation plans
  • Deep understanding of the test and evaluation process as applicable to developmental, acceptance and operational testing
  • Familiarity with technical software packages such as Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys
  • Experience with crewed or uncrewed developmental autonomous aircraft (Group 5 UAS or larger)
  • Exposure to guidelines, standards and processes such as ARP-4754, ARP-4761, DO-178C, DO-254, JSSSEH, MIL-STD 882E, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-516C, MIL-STD-461, AC-17-01 desirable
  • Proficiency in coordinating change management processes
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
  • A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
  • Eligible to obtain and hold a US security clearance

Skills

Required:Systems Engineering proficiencyRequirement elicitation

Benefits

  • top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Stock/ equity grants typically included in offers
  • comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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