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Engineering Lead, Air Defense U.S. Air Force Portfolio

Anduril· AFS : Air Defense Engineering : CUAS for Services
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Hybrid (Irvine, California), Hybrid (Seattle, Washington), Hybrid (Washington, District of Columbia)$166k - $220k + equityFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Engineering Lead for Anduril's Air Defense portfolio supporting U.S. Air Force programs of record, IDIQs, and sustainment across permanent installations, deployable kits, rapid relocations, and special access environments. Owns technical baseline, integration, verification, accreditation, and field-site readiness across a broad, multi-site portfolio.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical baseline. Architecture, interface set, and verification approach for the delivered configurations across the portfolio. Set the baseline for each, and update it when field evidence shows the current one is incomplete or wrong. Own the certification and accreditation scope where it applies, working with the teams responsible for those functions.

Qualifications

  • Engineering, science, or other technical degree, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of systems or engineering experience on fielded systems
  • End-to-end accountability for whether a delivered system actually worked at the site, not only for producing its design artifacts
  • Has owned the architecture, interface set, and verification approach for a delivered capability or a program's technical scope
  • Experience integrating third-party and government-furnished hardware and software into a system you were accountable for
  • Ability to define the verification approach for a full scope and explain why the planned coverage is sufficient
  • Ability to negotiate requirements, deviations, and acceptance directly with a customer's technical representatives, and to write a credible basis of estimate
  • Works from real hardware and real data: reproduces field failures independently before proposing a fix, and has run recovery at a fielded site under time pressure
  • Ability to set technical direction for a small number of engineers without managing them
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Architecture leadershipSystems integrationVerification and accreditationFielded-site problem solvingCustomer engagement and proposals

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package (health, recovery, and related support)
  • Competitive salary with equity grants typical for full-time roles
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Explore Our Benefits (information link provided in description)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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