Anduril
Payload Systems Integration Lead, Maritime
$191K–$254K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in payload integration, weapons systems, or mission systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
About the job
Owns end-to-end integration of Anduril and third-party payloads for a maritime autonomous vehicle, ensuring they meet mission requirements and work with the vehicle and autonomy stack.
What you'll do
- Own payload architecture, interfaces, interoperability standards, and reference mission kits.
- Manage payload integration across prototype and production, coordinating vendors and cross-functional teams.
- Support payload testing and field deployment; represent the subsystem in technical and customer meetings.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in payload integration, weapons systems, or mission systems.
- Experience delivering payload integration in defense or aerospace environments and with sensor integration, weapons systems, or C4ISR payloads.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with maritime or undersea payload systems, autonomous systems payload integration, or prior Navy or defense operational experience.
- Working knowledge of payload certification and weapons safety (MIL-STD-882E); familiarity with modular open systems architecture (MOSA).
Pay
$191,000 — $254,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MIL-STD-882E, MOSA
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