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Senior Systems Engineer - Mission Systems

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

About the role

Senior Systems Engineer role focused on the Thunder Mission System and Payloads for an autonomous air system. Located in Costa Mesa, CA, role emphasizes pragmatic systems engineering, requirements derivation, V&V planning, and integration across HIL/HITL environments to support rapid design iteration in a defense context.

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 artefacts 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 tasks

Qualifications

  • BEng/BSc/MEng in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a similar engineering field, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years industry Systems Engineering experience including safety-critical hardware and software systems in the Defence or Aerospace industries, specifically crewed aircraft, rotorcraft, EVTOL, UAS or weapon systems with a focus on Payload Integration, Vehicle Management Systems, GNC or Autonomy
  • 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 artefacts, including pragmatic verification and validation plans
  • Deep understanding of the test and evaluation process as applicable to developmental, acceptance and operational testing
  • Experience with crewed or uncrewed developmental autonomous aircraft (Group 5 UAS or larger)
  • Proficiency in coordinating change management processes
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills to include presentation of developed artefacts
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active US Security Clearance

Skills

Required:Systems engineering lifecycleTechnical documentationConfiguration and change management

Benefits

  • comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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