Anduril
Principal Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Systems
$220K–$292K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years Systems Engineering Experience across the life cycle for a UAS with specific focus on aircraft systems.
- Education
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
- Visa sponsorship
- Must hold an active U.S. Secret security clearance; must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
About the job
Leads systems engineering for a Group 5 autonomous aircraft, translating customer needs into requirements and architecture and guiding program reviews and risk management.
What you'll do
- Develop and trace air vehicle and subsystem requirements and systems engineering artifacts in a digital thread.
- Lead systems engineering reviews, including System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, and Critical Design Review.
- Communicate and manage program risks with the Chief Engineer and Program Management.
What they ask for
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or a similar engineering or technical field.
- 15+ years of systems engineering experience across the life cycle for a UAS, focused on aircraft systems.
- Active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Experience with systems engineering, requirements elicitation and management, integration and test; SysML, DoDAF, UAFP or similar; and relevant model-based systems engineering artifacts.
Nice to have
- Aircraft expertise in avionics, electrical power systems, communications, propulsion, mechanical systems, or hydraulic systems.
- Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar software, and digital engineering workflows or Integrated Modeling Environments.
Pay
$220,000 — $292,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, Cameo MagicDraw, Rhapsody, SparxEA, Teamwork Cloud, Lattice OS
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