Anduril
Engineering Lead, Air Defense U.S. Air Force Portfolio
Irvine, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of systems or engineering experience on fielded systems.
- Education
- Engineering, science, or other technical degree, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads engineering across Anduril’s U.S. Air Force air defense portfolio, owning technical baselines, integration, verification, and field performance across deployed systems and programs.
What you'll do
- Set architecture, interfaces, verification approaches, and applicable accreditation scope for delivered configurations.
- Integrate third-party and government-furnished systems, resolve technical issues with partners, and lead field troubleshooting and recovery.
- Represent the engineering position with customers and in proposals, and establish reusable technical standards across programs.
What they ask for
- Technical degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of systems or engineering experience on fielded systems, including accountability for delivered systems working at the site.
- Experience owning architecture, interfaces, and verification for a delivered capability, and integrating third-party or government-furnished hardware and software.
- Willingness to travel up to 25%; eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active Top Secret clearance or current or prior special access program read-on.
- Experience delivering counter-UAS, air defense, or installation defense capability to a U.S. Air Force customer.
Tools
Lattice SDK, STIG, tactical data links, radar, passive RF detection, electro-optical and infrared sensors, command and control software
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