Anduril
Senior Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Systems
$166K–$220K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2025
- Experience
- 7+ 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
About the job
Lead systems engineering for a Group 5 unmanned aircraft program, translating customer needs into requirements and system models, guiding design reviews, and managing program risks.
What you'll do
- Develop air vehicle and subsystem requirements and system engineering artifacts that trace stakeholder inputs through design.
- 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.
- 7+ 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 standards, requirements and interfaces, complex-system integration and testing, and MBSE tools or artifacts.
Nice to have
- Expertise in an aircraft area such as 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
$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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