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Tactical Networking Engineer

Anduril· AFS : Air Defense Engineering : SW Core
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Irvine, CA$112k - $149kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Design and implement networking stacks to enable command and control and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems within Anduril’s Air Defense Family of Systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot networking solutions focused on Layer-1 (Physical), Layer-2 (Data), Layer-3 (Network), and Layer-4 (Transport) of the OSI model
  • Perform trade-off studies of different comms and networking solutions including government provided technologies
  • Design network laydowns and configurations decomposed from complex design reference missions (DRMs) involving large scale unmanned systems and forward-deployed C2 systems
  • Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic
  • Analyze test network infrastructure, develop recommendations, and implement improvements for network reliability and throughput for edge network
  • Collaborate extensively with software engineers to build a representative modeling and simulation environment including hardware-in-the-loop lab infrastructure

Qualifications

  • Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems especially in maritime environment for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore comms
  • SatCom
  • VHF + UHF
  • LPI/LPD and anti-jamming
  • MIMO
  • Antenna theory
  • Experience with networking protocols and technologies, including Ad-hoc mesh networking
  • Secure communication protocols - IPSec / MACSec
  • Software-Defined Networking / SD-WANs
  • Internet protocols - TCP/IP, DNS, etc.
  • Routing protocols (small and large scale - e.g. mesh routing as well as internet-scale routing across autonomous systems)
  • Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%
  • Eligible to obtain and hold a DoD security clearance

Skills

Required:Tactical LOS and BLOS RF systemsSatComVHF/UHFLPI/LPD and anti-jammingMIMOAntenna theoryNetworking protocols

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Competitive compensation including equity grants
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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