Anduril
Mission Operations Engineer, Maritime
$167K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years supporting maritime, undersea, or autonomous systems mission areas; 5+ years of maritime operational planning.
About the job
Develop maritime mission analysis and operational concepts to guide Anduril’s product, engineering, investment, and portfolio decisions, while engaging customers and briefing senior decision-makers.
What you'll do
- Assess maritime missions, threats, capability gaps, and trade-offs; translate findings into defensible requirements and priorities.
- Develop and maintain concepts of operation and employment, mission threads, vignettes, and use cases for current and future systems.
- Represent operational needs in cross-functional and portfolio decisions, using field and at-sea results to inform product roadmaps and investment.
What they ask for
- 8+ years supporting maritime, undersea, or autonomous systems mission areas.
- 5+ years of maritime operational planning, including building, staffing, and executing operational or campaign plans.
- Experience tactically employing AUV capabilities or equivalent autonomous systems, including undersea water space coordination.
- Active U.S. Secret security clearance that can be maintained.
Nice to have
- Watch-floor experience in maritime operations, fleet/component watch floors, or afloat combat information centers.
- Significant at-sea operational experience, including underway deployments.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AUV
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