Drimva

Anduril

Senior Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Software

$166K–$220K

Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026

Experience
7+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle for an 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; preferred qualification states must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

About the job

Develops systems engineering artifacts, software requirements, and architecture for a Group 5 autonomous aircraft, supporting airworthiness certification and program risk management.

What you'll do

  • Translate customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem software requirements with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Develop system models and other engineering artifacts to trace stakeholder input through design, and support architecture and airworthiness certification.
  • Communicate and manage program risks with the Chief Engineer and Program Management.

What they ask for

  • B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field.
  • 7+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle for an UAS with specific focus on aircraft systems.
  • Active U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • Experience with aircraft development, subsystem software requirements and interfaces, contingency management software, operational testing, airworthiness certification, and model-based systems engineering.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar systems engineering software.
  • Experience with Digital Engineering workflows and Integrated Modeling Environments (i.e. Teamwork Cloud).

Pay

$166,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-882E, ARP-4761, ARP-4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-881, SysML

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