Anduril
Senior Signal Processing Engineer, Space
$167K–$222K
Washington, District of Columbia, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 4, 2026
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Foothill Ranch, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years designing, implementing, and testing signal-processing algorithms for EO/IR sensors or similar sensing modalities in aerospace or defense systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads development and validation of EO/IR signal-processing and discrimination algorithms for space and missile-defense missions, distinguishing threats from decoys, debris, and clutter.
What you'll do
- Design and implement detection, feature-extraction, image-processing, and decision-logic pipelines for EO/IR sensor data.
- Model, simulate, analyze, and test algorithm performance, including under countermeasures and degraded sensing conditions.
- Transition algorithms into production systems, provide technical leadership, and collaborate with customers and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. Secret security clearance that can be maintained.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a listed or related technical field.
- Expertise in EO/IR sensor phenomenology, detection theory, SNR analysis, and signal-processing techniques.
- Proficiency in algorithm development and production transition; experience with modeling, simulation, testing, and technical leadership.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a related technical field.
- Experience with space or missile defense, threat discrimination, image processing, sensor fusion, or related defense systems.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
EO/IR, Monte Carlo analysis, hardware-in-the-loop, Cameo, Rhapsody, DOORS
AI focus
The role develops EO/IR discrimination and classification algorithms for space and missile defense; the posting describes the team's broader work as AI-powered but does not specify AI methods for this role.
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