Anduril
Compute Systems Architect - Expeditionary AI/HPC Data Centers
$146K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in relevant compute infrastructure and 8+ years in electrical product engineering; both required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee).
About the job
Architects and delivers air-transportable tactical AI/HPC data centers that support high-performance computing in austere and contested environments.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end architecture spanning compute hardware, power, networking, and thermal systems.
- Lead prototyping, field testing, validation, and production scale-up with engineering teams and defense customers.
- Define standards for tactical AI compute infrastructure across product lines.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years designing and deploying data center infrastructure, HPC clusters, large-scale compute systems, or tensor/accelerator compute nodes.
- 8+ years of engineering experience designing and deploying electrical products.
- U.S. Person status; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; travel up to 15%.
Nice to have
- Background in AI/ML infrastructure, high-speed compute networking, edge computing, or autonomous systems.
- Experience with tactical or ruggedized infrastructure, modular data centers, military standards, or SCIF design.
Pay
$146,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NVIDIA H100/A100, AMD MI300, Lattice, PDUs, UPS systems, liquid cooling, chiller systems, MIL-STD-810
AI focus
Designs GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI inference and training at the tactical edge, integrated with Lattice and AI/ML teams.
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